Flint Water Crisis: A Case Study

“People complained of the brown water. There were boil-water advisories after the water was found to have E. coli contamination, and the drinking water also had unsafe levels of a chlorine byproduct” In April 2014 Flint changed it’s water source, from Detroit water and sewerage department water to the Flint river. However, in the process the officials failed to apply the corrosion inhibitors which lead to flint’s water to be contaminated. Which, contains lead that causes a lot of health problems now in flint. Moreover, who is to blame for all this distress and pain. While, making people cynical of their own government. Well, I blame three major parties for not handling their jobs properly, Whereas, worrying about cutting taxes for

Laura Johnson online ). Michigan’s D.E.Q job is to manage Michigan's air, land, and water resources to support a sustainable environment. To maintain healthy and clean communities which government officials failed to do. Subsequently, they are now partly to blame for flint’s water crisis.“After the April 25, 2014 switch to Flint River water it went from backup to temporary primary source. Eventually, residents began complaining about water’s color, taste and odor” Boil-water advisories were issued” (Flint water crisis Wikipedia online). This is one example of how Michigan’s Department of Environmental Quality did take the proper steps to make sure the quality water was clean and up to drinking standards before releasing it to the public. Furthermore, officials probably did this to cut taxes from the rich and make it easier for the wealthy

“When Governor Snyder took office in 2011, one of the first things he did was to get a multi-billion dollar tax break passed by the Republican legislature for the wealthy and for corporations. But with less tax revenues, that meant he had to start cutting costs. So, many things – schools, pensions, welfare, safe drinking water – were slashed”(Michael Moore online). Governor Rick Snyder’s job was to find a safe way to switch the water source and conserve money for flint which he did not find a safe way to do that and now a main culprit for the crisis in