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Getting Outside Our Boxes and Silos
Author(s) -
McGuire Michael J.
Publication year - 2015
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.1551-8833.2015.tb11023.x
Subject(s) - business , front (military) , information silo , engineering , mechanical engineering , silo
Those of us who are children of the '60s remember well the drinking water regulatory binge of the 1980s and 1990s. Now, things are comparatively quiet on the regulatory front at the national level. True, many water utilities are still struggling to catch up with the avalanche of water regulations from the late 1990s. When a new drinking water regulation is adopted, a lot of money is spent and impacts abound. New regulations at the national level are relatively rare these days, with perchlorate perhaps being an upcoming exception.