EVST 255: Environmental Politics and Law
Lecture 10 - Safe Drinking Water: Science and Law. The lecture reviews water law in the United States, and highlights challenges inherent in regulating water quality. Aging water infrastructure, pesticide and herbicide application, and surface water runoff all pose challenges in maintaining a clean drinking water supply. The lecture covers pesticide management through the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). The management of pesticides and herbicides in drinking water has been heavily influenced by the economic concerns of pesticide and herbicide users as well as the municipal water agencies charged with testing water regularly for regulated chemicals. The lecture concludes with the regulation history of atrazine, a commonly used herbicide that research has shown to be hormonally active. (from oyc.yale.edu)
| Lecture 10 - Safe Drinking Water: Science and Law |
| Time | Lecture Chapters |
| [00:00:00] | 1. Clean Water: Science and Law |
| [00:08:23] | 2. The Safe Drinking Water Act and Its Limits |
| [00:24:00] | 3. Mapping Out Atrazine and Its Regulatory History |
| [00:38:44] | 4. The Dance of Regulation |
| References |
| Lecture 10 - Safe Drinking Water: Science and Law Instructor: Professor John Wargo. Resources: Lecture 10 [PDF]. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov]. |
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