Stimulus saves drinking water plants from EPA crackdowns

摘要

In Ohio's Appalachian Plateau, two aging surface water treatment plants — which had been on the EPAs non-compliance radar for several years — are benefiting exactly as envisioned by supporters of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.rnSalineville's 80-year-old plant, which treats 120,000 gallons/day from a creek and natural reservoir, hadn't been updated since 1950 and had run without a licensed operator for three years.