Choose 1 HealthyPeople 2020 environmental objective (or sub-objective) in which you are interested. Give its definition, its target, and its baseline.
2020 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH OBJECTIVE: Surface and ground water quality
OBJECTIVE: EH-4 Increase the proportion of persons served by community water systems who receive a supply of drinking water that meets the regulations of the Safe Drinking Water Act
BASELINE: 89 percent of persons served by community water systems received a supply of drinking water that meets the regulations of the Safe Drinking Water Act in 2005
TARGET: 91 percent
Find a related bill in THOMAS or the state legislation/bill search. Report the following information as shown in the example. (Be sure to link to where you found this information). As shown in the last two lines, include what action you recommend and the appropriate political representative you would contact to share your opinion.
BILL: H.R.425
LATEST TITLE: Great Lakes Water Protection Act
OFFICIAL TITLE AS INTRODUCED: To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish a deadline for restricting sewage dumping into the Great Lakes and to fund programs and activities for improving wastewater discharges into the Great Lakes.
SPONSOR: Rep Dold, Robert J. [IL-10] (introduced 1/25/2011)
Cosponsors (1)
LATEST MAJOR ACTION: 1/26/2011 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
RECOMMENDATION: Vote YES for H.R.425 Great Lakes Water Protection Act
MY POLITICAL REPRESENTATIVE: Congressman Chip Cravaack
I would love to see this bill passed! After touring WLSSD and becoming more aware of aware of water pollution, I feel this bill is important for our environment.
ReplyDeleteAgreed with Emily. The WLSSD was a gross place and the fact that it was sooo close to Lake Superior just disgusted me. I wonder though--what would be the solution for this problem?
ReplyDeleteThis would be a great bill to have passed. Although I live in Canada, I am only 3.5 hours away from Duluth and we use Lake Superior water, so this is something that has an impact on me back home. We really need to realize how precious our water is!
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