PRINTER'S NO. 3151
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
666
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY DONATUCCI, BIZZARRO, KORTZ, YOUNGBLOOD, HARKINS,
WARREN, SCHLOSSBERG, BOBACK, CIRESI, LONGIETTI, RAVENSTAHL,
BURNS, MURT, MILLARD, HILL-EVANS, KIM, HOHENSTEIN, ISAACSON,
GAINEY, ULLMAN, SONNEY, McCLINTON, KINSEY, GALLOWAY, ROEBUCK,
SCHWEYER, McNEILL, MADDEN, HANBIDGE, T. DAVIS, WILLIAMS,
PASHINSKI AND BROOKS, JANUARY 17, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY,
JANUARY 17, 2020
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of January 2020 as "Safe Drinking Water
Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Safe drinking water is necessary to an individual's
well-being and survival; and
WHEREAS, Access to pure water is deemed a public right under
section 27 of Article I of the Constitution of Pennsylvania; and
WHEREAS, Section 27 of Article I of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania provides that "The people have a right to clean
air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic,
historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's
public natural resources are the common property of all the
people, including generations yet to come"; and
WHEREAS, The Federal Government began pushing for greater
protections of water resources during the 1970s; and
WHEREAS, The Federal Safe Drinking Water Act was passed by
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