 disenchantedcitizen says: “How can we get digital cable and Internet in our homes, but not clean water?” asked one resident. When the source of the pollutants were found, state regulators never fined or punished the offending companies. The Clean Water Act was passed nearly four decades ago to force polluters to disclose what they dump and to give regulators the power to fine or jail offenders. So why haven’t these offenders been fined or jailed? And more importantly, why is this allowed to continue? The federal govt is big on writing legislation that ‘proves to its citizens’ that they are ‘concerned for our safety’ but are sorely lacking on follow-through. The new EPA administrator says that she intends to strengthen water protections, but, given their track record what good is strengthening a regulation that does not get enforced? This is just more BS to keep her job. Meanwhile residents who have the misfortune of living downstream from well-known, blatant polluters know they will not be protected These polluters are small companies like gas stations, dry cleaners, shopping malls, and large operations like chemical factories, power plants, sewage treatment centers. They also include CAFO’s (Confined Animal Feeding Operations) whose over-abundant animal feces finds its way into watersheds. They also include municipal sewer systems that cannot handle heavy rains that overflow untreated human waste into rivers and beaches. The Clean Water Act has been violated more than 506,000 times since 2004. Companies sometimes test what they are dumping only once a quarter, so the actual number of days when they broke the law is often far higher. State regulators claim they suffer from insufficien... You know, when I was a child the, thought of having to Buy water to drink would of been ridiculous. Now it's just a fact of life. p.s. I owe you a pop. I got that pop block thingy.  I grew up in the midwest and tap water was fine, but I think that was due more to the times. Anyway, if anyone bought bottled water others thought you were elitist or just plain crazy for throwing money away. When I moved to California bottled water was the only water they drank and had been for years. Now, we learn that a lot of bottled water is just filtered tap water. I only hope our bodies can build up a tolerance to what we are drinking because I don't have a lot of faith in water no matter where it comes from. About the pop, it’s the thought that counts. Thank-you  |
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