Paul Hess asked why Pennsylvania doesn t have a Water Management Act that would include quality and quantity. Mr. Merritt noted that if you don t control quantity you can t maintain quality. Ms. Stevens pointed out that people belong in the water equation. Ms. Kooser suggested a need to look at the whole mix of chemicals instead of current water quality standards that only look at individual chemicals. There is a definite need to involve risk assessment and epidemiology in policymaking.
Education is the key.
Ms. Collier encouraged members to provide comments especially on the italicized areas in the document. Prime stands for privatize, retain, innovate, modify and eliminate. Survey results showed the greatest needs are in operator training and communication. Ms. Stevens commented that people are customers but they also affect water quality by what they do. Education is needed to make consumers aware of the connection between source water protection and surface water supply.