2 Reasons. Small TX Utilities. Not Clean Water. 2019 Prep Work.

Background: 

  • A 2018 study by  Environmental Working Group found 37 small Texas water utilities violate federal standards for radium
  • A 2016 study that founf 34 rural Texas drinking water systems violatr arsenic standards
  • A 2016 study found that 53 of the 100 community water systems with the most violations are int Texas

2 Reasons we got here:

  • Lack of resources for small water utilities
  • A skeptism of federal water standards

Tyler Morning Telegraph | Why are Texas’ smaller utilities not cleaning up drinking water?