Flint: The Importance Of Saving Water In Flint

According to Data USA, the population of Flint Michigan in 2014 was 99,802. 41.2% of the population in Flint, MI live below the poverty line, a number that high higher than the national average of 14.7%. Households in Flint, have a median annual income of $24,862 which is less than the median annual income in the United States. 61.1% of the population is black or African American. (Data USA, 2015). A third of the population live in poverty and a sixth of the houses are even abandoned. Flint River, Flint Michigan’s primary water source has been known to be of poor quality, having a history of contamination from fecal coliform bacteria, low dissolved oxygen, plants nutrients, and toxic substances. In 2001 there was 134 state ordered

I watch or read the news pretty regularly, but I only watch news which has the traits that I value most. The news to me isn’t about being entertained, it is about learning, in an unbiased, clear, and concise way. Other television shows can entertain, but the news should be reserved for information relevant to people’s everyday lives, allowing them to make informed decisions. I feel this way because I don’t like when a news source is pushing a hidden agenda. I look for a fair telling of both sides of the story. I also feel that because I stay relatively busy, I think it is insulting that the news would choose to waste my time with extraneous background information, off topic statements, or articles over 1,000 words. Most importantly though, It needs to be clear, if I can’t understand it, it’s the worst kind of news, no news. I have chosen three articles regarding the Flint Michigan water crisis to evaluate based on my criteria. One from CNN titled, “Water Crisis in Flint, Michigan, Draws Federal Investigation,” written by Greg Botelho, Sarah Jorgenson, & Joseph Netto, which focuses on the investigation but also background into the crisis. The next article I have chosen an article from the New York Times (NYT). This article titled, “As Water Problems Grew, Officials Belittled Complaints From Flint.” From the contributions of writers, Julia Bosman, Monica Davey, & Mitch Smith. I chose this article from other ones, because this article primarily focuses on politics like who

In “Flint’s Water Crises: What went wrong,” Ryan Felton appeals to logic to persuade his readers that the Flint Water Crises could have been prevented because he stated that “As early as October 2014, there were problematic signs.” These signs were when General Motors engine plant stopped using Flint’s water because the engines were becoming rusty. There were also some independent studies that showed that the water contained some compounds that can cause kidney or liver issues an example, “Tests also revealed elevated levels of chemical compounds in the water supply that can lead to liver or kidney issues.” yet, officials continued to reassure residents that the water was safe to drink. Studies continued to follow that shows the water headed

The problem in Flint, Michigan was the residents came to the conclusion that iron found its way into their water supply and people began to panic at the sight of brownish water. In fear they went to city officials and to city police to figure out the problem. They receive all their tap water from the Flint River which is highly corrosive and the Department of Environmental quality was not treating the water with an anti-corrosion agent.

There are two sides to this story, the government of Flint, MI and the people who reside

How would you feel if you’ve been poisoned and no one told you? Well that's what happened in Flint, Michigan during a change of water source it was discovered the water in the town has been contaminated for months with high amount of lead.

I read an article published by NPR about the water crisis still currently happening in Flint, Michigan. The article provides a timeline leading up to the crisis and the backlash it has created in the town. It starts off with Flint city officials deciding whether or not the town can save money by getting their water from another source. To do this they would build their own pipeline and it’s said it would save the town up to $200 million is 25 years. Despite saying the water was safe and clean to use, it still caused a lot of problems. Residents complained about how the water tasted and smelt bad, and General Motors refused to continue using the water because they feared it would cause corrosion and damage to their machines. And instead of testing

With the upcoming presidential election, this year there is one very unnerving fact that has received overwhelming bipartisan recognition; America has a serious problem with infrastructure and something must be done. Across the country, dams, roads, sewage systems and bridges were built with Works Progress Administration funds in the 1930s. Seventy years later, they are in despair. As a nation, we must address Americas’ failing infrastructure and close the ever-increasing infrastructure deficit before the backbone of America crumbles right under our own two feet. To do so U.S. policymakers must act now to raise funds, without increasing our national debt. No intervention by the government will lead to a continuance of deteriorating the health

Her article, “Elevated Blood Levels in Children Associated with the Flint Drinking Water Crisis: A Spatial Analysis of Risk and Public Health Response,” describes the water issue revolving around Flint for decades. It has only recently begun to get better. Lead was found, as well as bacteria, in the Flint water (283-284). Mona wrote, “Increased lead poisoning rates have profound implications for the life course potential of an entire cohort of Flint children already rattled with toxic stress contributors (e.g, poverty, violence, unemployment, food insecurity)” (286). Mona also concluded that, “As in many urban areas with high levels of socio-economic disadvantage and minority populations, we found a preexisting disparity in lead poisoning” (286). Issues have been done to prevent the Flint crisis, and it has gone down over the past thirty years, however, “A once-celebrated cost-cutting move for an economically distressed city, the water source change has now wrought untold economic, population health, and geo-political burdens”(288). Much like the HDR’s theories, the Flint Water Crisis also appeals to the wealthy class. In any other community, primarily wealthy, money can be provided to prevent future water issues.

I believe that no one should have to fear about clean water. Everyone deserves and should expect safe drinking water. Your race, location and status should not determine this. In Flint, they were deprived their health just to save a few bucks. This community deserves accountability, justice and clean water to drink.

What makes Flint, Michigan's current water situation a crisis? Is it the children not being able to stop their thirst by consuming water at their schools, or moms who can’t give their child water from the tap due to high levels of lead in the water. This crisis should not be taken as a joke, as it may lead to harmful situations. Plenty of families in Flint are badly affected by this upsetting case. How would you feel if the water in your community was tainted?

In April of 2014 Flint Michigan endured one of the deadliest crisis that hit the United States since Hurricane Katrina. It was later called “The Flint Water Crisis”, it made headlines everywhere including hashtags on social media and it also got the the attention of celebrities which spread the news all over. It also became one of the

The Flint, Michigan water crisis is one of the worst water contamination crises to exist in the United States today. In April of 2014, in order to save money, the city of Flint began to draw water from the local river instead of purchasing Lake Huron water from Detroit. The residents noticed that the physical appearance in the quality of water was poor. The water had an odd and questionable colors of shades of blue, green, beige, brown, and yellow. The smell resembled that of gasoline or fish. After consuming the water, residents began to notice burning skin, rashes hand tremors, hair loss, and even seizures. The contaminated water affected nearly 100,000 people and four years later, the problems still exist even with funded projects to resolve

Flint, Michigan is a city in a dire financial situation. In 2011, the state of Michigan assumed complete budgetary and financial control of the city and began implementing several cost-cutting measures in an attempt to alleviate the situation. Of these cost-cutting measures, one of them was changing the source of the municipal water supply source. Flint’s water supply was sourced directly from the city of Detroit, whose reservoir came from one of the Great Lakes, Lake Huron. In an effort to save money over an extended period of time, the state devised a plan to construct a new water supply line which would directly provide water from Lake Huron to Flint, Michigan. However, given that the construction of a direct pipeline would take several years to execute, the state of Michigan devised an alternative short-term plan to acquire water from the nearby Flint River.

The first stage is Precondition which is when the smaller events happen that lead up to the major crisis. An example of this is Flint Michigan Water crisis this issue began in 2014 when the city officials switched Flint Michigan drinking water which leads to the death of their residents.