State should help fund new water mandate (CT)

It is important for policy makers to understand that “public water systems” are, in fact, largely privately owned and operated. They are “public” in the sense that they are used by the citizens, not that they are necessarily owned by a government entity.  A condominium association could be faced with costs in excess of $100,000 to remediate to the new standards. And those costs are not one-time expenses. Ongoing annual maintenance can add hundreds of thousands of dollars of costs to the Association in the decades to come.   Read the Op/Ed…………………………….

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