Water resources management planning in the Washington suburban sanitary commission
The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission is a regional water and sewer agency established by the Maryland General Assembly. The Assembly originally gave WSSC full authority for planning, designing, financing, and constructing and operating water and sewer facilities for the two Maryland counties that are suburbs of Washington, D.C. With this authority the Commission effectively developed facilities to meet the demands of the region as a population doubled from 400,000 to 1.2 million in less than 20 years. In the 1970's the environmental movement and the dissatisfaction with urban sprawl resulted in a change in WSSC's authority and planning concept. Today WSSC plans to provide only the minimum essential service to control growth, to avoid confrontation, and to consider the impact of inflation. The ultimate authority for facilities have been transferred to the county government. The changes have been beneficial in providing more appropriate plans to meet mutual needs, but have been stalemated because local governments are using their new authority to obtain other objectives. A regional or basin agency must have the authority to implement appropriate plans or the benefits of a unified regional approach are eliminated. The result is higher costs, building moratoriums, potential water shortages, and eventual environmental degradation
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Minneapolis, Minn. (EUA)
1981
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| Subjects: | RECURSOS HIDRICOS, ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA, |
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