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Regulatory Delays: Starting to Sound Like a Broken Record
Author(s) -
Roberson J. Alan
Publication year - 2016
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.2016.108.0030
Subject(s) - clarity , certainty , sound (geography) , stock (firearms) , column (typography) , operations research , computer science , business , risk analysis (engineering) , operations management , environmental planning , engineering , telecommunications , environmental science , epistemology , mechanical engineering , philosophy , biochemistry , chemistry , geology , frame (networking) , geomorphology
This column is appearing in the January 2016 issue of Journal AWWA, and the start of the new year can be a time to take stock and look back at the past (hopefully to learn from it) and forward to the future (hopefully to apply the lessons learned from the past). In the drinking water regulatory arena, both the past and the future look pretty similar in that most regulations are delayed, final publication dates are uncertain (more delays), and water systems face challenges in planning for any treatment modifications or improvements. And clarity and certainty in the drinking water regulatory arena are not in the cards for the future.