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A Need to Be Nimble and Agile
Author(s) -
Roberson J. Alan
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 - 10.5942/jawwa.2015.107.0021
Subject(s) - agile software development , agency (philosophy) , nobody , process (computing) , order (exchange) , business , process management , risk analysis (engineering) , political science , engineering , computer science , computer security , sociology , software engineering , finance , operating system , social science
The Safe Drinking Water Act requires the US Environmental Protection Agency to go through a rigorous process to identify a new contaminant for regulation and then develop a national drinking water regulation. And that's a good thing ‐ nobody wants a regulation that is not based on the best available science. But how should we balance a robust and rigorous regulatory development process with a need to be nimble and agile in order to respond appropriately to new and emerging issues that are important to the drinking water community?