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69superman t1_jduqm25 wrote

Reply to comment by stackered in New Jersey American Water: Burlington, Camden, and Gloucester counties to reduce water usage due to chemical spill by RadioNearby2926

this has nothing to do with politics... a pipe ruptured and it leeched into a creek because of that. Not dumped.

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chiliparty t1_jdv4vyg wrote

How often was that pipeline required to be inspected? Were there standards that pipe was supposed to meet to safely avoid rupture, would it have been scheduled for replacement if EPA deregulation wouldn't have happened?

I don't know the answers, but to say a ruptured pipe could have "nothing to do with politics" is just wrong. It's very possible it could have been avoided with stronger regulations.

Incidents like this should also be used to inform future policy regarding inspection, structural, and safety requirements for both new and old pipelines, to strive to minimize more incidents like it in the future.

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bloody_boogers t1_jdvovqt wrote

Tell me you don’t know what the EPA does without telling me you don’t know what the EPA does.

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