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Incomplete state data means EPA unable to identify serious water problems

July 19, 2011 By TXsharon

The GAO just released a study that found states either misreport or inaccurately report data so the EPA’s ability to identify serious water problems is compromised.

Here are a few highlights:

  • A 2007 audit of 14 states found 543 health-based drinking water violations.
  • A 2009 audit of 14 states found 778 health-based drinking water violations.
  • House Republicans have just proposed to cut $134 million dollars from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Program. (The want to cut billions from the EPA funding.)
  • EPA has not made a determination to regulate any new drinking water contaminants, with one recent exception, since 1996…blame Bush…

This could never happen in Texas.

Oh wait…

TCEQ Officials Hid Water Radiation Data

This morning I drove to the Haynesville Shale area to attend a community meeting with the EPA about water contamination. (More on that is coming in another post.) On the way there, I listened to some Libertarian guy on NPR talking about how we need less regulation so the free market… Thankfully I lost the signal before my head exploded. I did try to dial in but the line was busy.

I’m saving up for a reverse osmosis unit. I don’t know what fixes the radiation. I guess I’ll glow green. It’s a good color for me.

 

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  1. Mike H. says

    July 20, 2011 at 12:45 pm

    Libertarian guy on NPR talking about how we need less regulation so the free market…

    Ah, the old ” the free market will drive safety or environmental issues” Myth. Consumer outrage didn’t put Exxon out of business, much less force major changes, after the Exxon Valdez. BP’s Northslope pipeline failure that spiked oil prices in 2006 didn’t prevent their future pipeline failures.

    At the same time, is anyone in O&G pushing for elimination of things like Eminent Domain for various facilities, or forced pooling of mineral rights, in the name of “free market forces”?

    More doublespeak.

  2. Tad Ghost Hole says

    July 20, 2011 at 12:52 pm

    I love everything about Ron Paul EXCEPT that Im pretty sure he’s no fan of the way EPA and business butt heads unproductively. But as an OBGYN Im sure he believes in the right to clean water and have breathable air.
    Go with Berkey on the reverse osmosis unit.

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