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Encouraging Greater Compliance Requires a Change in the Status Quo
Author(s) -
Fewell Brent
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.2016.108.0180
Subject(s) - status quo , agency (philosophy) , compliance (psychology) , political science , federalism , law , state (computer science) , state law , environmental law , column (typography) , clean water act , public administration , environmental protection , engineering , environmental science , sociology , psychology , connection (principal bundle) , social psychology , social science , ecology , algorithm , politics , computer science , welfare , water quality , biology , structural engineering
In the March 2016 issue of Journal AWWA, I wrote “The Failure of Cooperative Federalism in Flint, Michigan,” a Law and Water column that reflected upon the important role of the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and the states, as co‐regulators, in implementing and enforcing our nation's environmental laws. The fallout from Flint continues, as numerous state and local officials were criminally indicted in April and July 2016 by Michigan's Attorney General.