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MWRA rulings transform SDWA enforcement landscape
Author(s) -
Scharfenaker Mark A.
Publication year - 2001
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.1551-8833.2001.tb09281.x
Subject(s) - enforcement , agency (philosophy) , safe drinking water act , business , water supply , environmental planning , law , political science , water quality , engineering , environmental science , environmental engineering , sociology , ecology , biology , social science
Recent Federal court rulings rejecting efforts by the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) to force the Massachusetts water resources authority (MWRA) to filter its surface water supply have left many in the water supply community wondering what this unexpected turn of events may mean, if anything, for future enforcement of Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) regulations. This article aims to clarify the view by highlighting just what the two sides argued and what the judges decided in a case that has been building since USEPA promulgated the SWTR 12 years ago.