University of Missouri researchers are urging legislation be updated or new legislation be made to protect water quality.
Lead researcher Robin Rotman, an MU assistant professor of natural resources, tells Brownfield nonpoint source pollution – like runoff from roads, parking lots, yards, gardens and ag fields – isn’t controlled under the Clean Water Act or Safe Drinking Water Act which regulate water quality standards.
“The Clean Water Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act were passed 50 years ago, so they don’t reflect our current understanding of the connectivity between surface water quality and drinking water quality and so forth,” she said.
