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A STATEMENT CONCERNING THE USPHS WATER SUPPLY SURVEY
Author(s) -
Johnson Eric F.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1970.tb03989.x
Subject(s) - water supply , control (management) , government (linguistics) , statement (logic) , congressman , state (computer science) , public administration , water quality , state government , business , environmental planning , political science , law , engineering , local government , environmental science , economics , management , politics , computer science , environmental engineering , ecology , linguistics , philosophy , algorithm , biology
AWWA issues comments about the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) Community Water Supply Study report that received wide attention in the press and motivated at least one Congressman to propose a “Pure Drinking Water Act” that would give the federal government the responsibility for establishing and enforcing water quality standards in all public water systems. As indicated in its “Principles of a National Water Policy,” AWWA believes that such control of water systems should rest with the state. On this basis, it opposes direct federal control of water system operations not only as impractical, but as improper.