The Deeper Dig: Who pays for clean water?

Chris Kilian, Julie Moore and David Mears (left to right) at VTDigger’s panel on water quality. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger
On Thursday, a VTDigger panel discussion tackled the debate around how to clean up waterways across Vermont. Toxic algae blooms led to closed beaches on Lake Champlain this summer, and other bodies of water, like Lake Carmi, have suffered the effects of phosphorous pollution.
Environmental officials and conservationists have posed solutions, but the question