Originally Posted by
Dumpling
To "snip" a statement from the Detroit News article - edited for
emphasis:
"[The State of Michigan]'s administrative rules were unsuccessfully
legally challenged by Detroit, Livonia, Great Lakes Water Authority,
and the Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner, who argued
the regulations impose unnecessary costs and will cause public money
to replace private lead service lines."
The motivation behind the lawsuit was costs. [[The bolding is mine.)
There has been, since before the standup of GLWA, a focus on
the costs. To be fair, most of us are in a place where we have
some concern about rising utility costs.