Flint Water Crisis

The above crisis took place when Dayne Walling was the mayor who together with other officials switched the drinking water of the city to the Flint River and toasted one another with the glasses of that water (Kennedy, 2016).

The water pipes were corroded by the untreated water. This water was then channeled to flint homes and businesses for consumption. As a result, more than 100,000 people got exposed to high levels of lead. Some people knew that there was something wrong going on, however, their pleas were declined by the government officials who were at the state level.

Most people were against the whole idea, in fact, one artist wrote a piece of opinion which was published in the Washington Post. Other several approaches should have been employed to curb the Flint crisis in a different manner (Canim, 2018). For an instance, other bodies apart from EPA should have been formed. This will help to foresee the work of the done by Flint in transforming the long-term source of water and replacing the lead service lines across Flint.

Allocating more funds to Flint is another way. This will enable them to better their water infrastructure and also expand its work. It will also allow a transition from lead service lines to other infrastructure which is critical. The regulatory agencies should have acted in a different way for US cities and rural America. The EPA should ensure that corrective measures are taken to improve the quality of water (Agency, 2017). Some data from sources such as EPA, MDEQ, and Virginia Tech has shown a lot of improvement where the levels of lead have decreased by a greater margin. Measure against other crisis such as pollution, stormwater and water must be formulated.

References

Agency, U. S. (2017, 1 19). EPA. Retrieved from Flint Drinking Water Response: https://www.epa.gov/flint

Canim, S. (2018). CNN. Retrieved from https://edition.cnn.com/videos/us/2016/01/21/flint-michigan-water-crisis-ganim-dnt-ac.cnn

Kennedy, M. (2016, 20 4). The two-way. Retrieved from Lead-Laced Water In Flint: A Step-By-Step Look At The Makings Of A Crisis: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/04/20/465545378/lead-laced-water-in-flint-a-step-by-step-look-at-the-makings-of-a-crisis