Well, speaking as someone who has actually enforced the Clean Water Act while in service to the public as an officer in the Coast Guard, and having traveled the globe with an eye for maritime commerce and water quality as a whitewater enthusiast, I can say that the United States does a good job compared to most of the rest of the world.<p>&#x27;Shared infrastructure in the hands of the public&#x27; means government or regulated monopoly.<p>The local government, with greater pressure from local industry failed in this case, which in my reading, is an argument for greater federal control.<p>What other way to implement the granting of a special privilege, oversight and judgment, is there for something like water quality? Yelp?