LeakBird

Here’s another missive for soon-to-be President Obama from the American Water Works Association (AWWA), Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies (AMWA), National Association of Water Companies (NAWC), and the National Rural Water Association (NRWA).

Download National Agenda for Drinking Water

Issues discussed include:

• Economic stimulus through water infrastructure investment
• Long-term water infrastructure investment
• Safe drinking water standards
• Source water protection
• Climate change research and adaptation
• Water system security

Good reading, and not too long.

Ever since working in and traveling in developing countries I’ve been a big fan of the USA’s tap water. I am now more appreciative and supportive of our nation’s municipal drinking water systems than ever before, especially after reading Elizabeth Royte’s excellent Bottlemania.

One of the reasons I am not supportive of the widespread use of bottled water is my fear that we will eventually lose our will and interest in maintaining our drinking water systems and protecting source water.

“Barack Obama will invest in our nation’s most pressing short- and long-term infrastructure needs, including modernizing our…water…needs.” — www.barackobama.com (quoted in the report)