Senator O’Mara’s weekly column ‘From the Capitol’ ~ for the week of April 25, 2023 ~ ‘Carrying out an envisioned commitment to water quality’

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This week, “Carrying out an envisioned commitment to water quality”
When I served as chair of the state Senate Environmental Conservation Committee from 2015 to 2018, one of the most significant accomplishments during that time — one that’s still paying benefits to local communities, in fact — was the creation of what was known as the ‘Water Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2015.