House. Select Committee on Safe Drinking Water (HR 87)

Organization

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: 1983 - 1984

biographical statement

The Select Committee on Safe Drinking Water was created June 1, 1983, pursuant to House Resolution 87. The committee was created to investigate the causes, define the problems, and prioritize the solutions to life threatening waterborne pollutants in domestic drinking wells. The committee was to hold any necessary public hearings within the Commonwealth and submit a final report as soon as its study was completed. The final report was submitted November 19, 1984. According to the final report, the committee focused on waste disposal methods, agricultural practices, and spills and leaks as the main sources of contamination. It additionally generated a list of recommendations to address the water issue. A few of these recommendations included amending the Water Well Driller Act of 1956, increasing the penalties for drilling violations, and creating an inventory of the existing wells in each county. The committee also suggested that a subcommittee on safe drinking water be created as part of the Conservation Committee.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Select Committee on Safe Drinking Water (HR 87), 1983-1984

Collection

Identifier: SS1983_02

Scope and Contents The records of the Select Committee on Safe Drinking Water, 1983-1984. The Chairman of the committee was Russell Kowalyshyn (D). Members of the committee included Democrats (in the majority) Kenneth Cole, William Wachob, William Lloyd, Jr., and David Sweet and Republicans Roger Madigan, Robert Reber, Jr., James Burd, and Joseph Lashinger, Jr. The committee studied groundwater contamination in the Commonwealth and around the United States in an effort to improve Pennsylvania's drinking...

Dates: 1983-1984

Found in: Pennsylvania House of Representatives Archives / Select Committee on Safe Drinking Water (HR 87), 1983-1984