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Can Small‐System Operators Take the Heat?
Author(s) -
McDonald Joe
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8701.1998.tb02096.x
Subject(s) - adaptation (eye) , groundwater , environmental science , business , water quality , quality (philosophy) , environmental planning , plan (archaeology) , environmental resource management , environmental economics , risk analysis (engineering) , engineering , economics , geography , ecology , philosophy , physics , geotechnical engineering , archaeology , epistemology , optics , biology
This article discusses whether there is a future for small water systems in light of the Groundwater Disinfection Rule, Microbial/Disinfection Byproducts Rule, and Capacity Development Provisions. The following topics are addressed: the changing role of small systems; the importance of adaptation; consumer confidence in water quality; and, the Safe Drinking Water Act amendments as they relate to small water systems. “Elements of a Water System Plan for Very Small Systems” are listed.