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Viewpoint – Water Supply and the New Federalism: A Foggy Glimpse Into the Past and Future
Author(s) -
Gaston John
Publication year - 1983
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.1551-8833.1983.tb05217.x
Subject(s) - federalism , commodity , water supply , quality (philosophy) , business , natural resource economics , computer science , environmental science , political science , economics , environmental engineering , law , epistemology , finance , philosophy , politics
This month's “Viewpoint” discusses changes which the water utility industry will have to make if the new federalism takes hold. These changes include destroying the notion that water is an invisible, cheap commodity, reinforcing and implementing measures to protect source water quality, and developing new and better measurement techniques for identifying contaminants.