Jack Kingston: “One of the current regulations that water systems have to operate under requires small systems that use ground water to…”

“One of the current regulations that water systems have to operate under requires small systems that use ground water to test for contaminants that are only found in surface water systems. So here we have EPA, taxpayer funded, requiring groundwater systems to do the same tests as surface water systems. Absolutely absurd. The same act also requires that EPA post new regulations for 25 contaminants each 3 years, whether the regulations are needed or not. It is just absurd. It goes under what you are saying, we do need regulation, but we do need common sense in the regulatory authority.”