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Water Supplier's Views Challenged
Author(s) -
Hawkes Alfred L.
Publication year - 1990
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.1551-8833.1990.tb06924.x
Subject(s) - set (abstract data type) , disaster response , resource (disambiguation) , business , political science , sociology , law , emergency management , computer science , programming language , computer network
Mr. Hawkes writes in response to William Falcone's letter in the January 1990 JOURNAL. Mr. Hawkes believes that citizens have learned that leaving public decisions, such as water management, to “experts” has frequently lead to disaster. Mr. Hawkes believes bureaucrats are employed to implement, not set, public policies. He sees the rationale for the recent wide‐spread citizen participation in water resource affairs as a response to the industry's admitted, even by Mr. Falcone, lack of wisdom in respect to past water use.