Water Crises Extend Beyond Flint: Half-Million Americans Lack Access

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Water Crises Extend Beyond Flint: Half-Million Americans Lack Access


But according to the U.S. Census Bureau, about 500,000 American homes still lack access to hot and cold running water. During Thursday’s discussion, Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) described a recent trip to rural Alabama, where he witnessed failing sewage systems in low-income, African-American communities. According to Booker, raw sewage was running behind people’s homes, and there were parasites present that the average American doesn’t have to worry about such as hookworm.

“This is an outrageous environmental injustice that no child should be growing up in,” Booker said, noting that there is a common pain in rural and urban areas, particularly low-income communities. “This is the United States of America. This is a shame on our nation that we have children growing up in these rural and urban poor communities that have such unconscionable realities.”

Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) listed nine Native American communities in his state that don’t have proper water systems. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) described various water emergencies in her state that she said are “nothing short of tragedy.” She highlighted Hoosick Falls, N.Y., where residents in 2015 alerted the EPA to potential problems with drinking water. The agency determined that the water was severely contaminated with perfluorooctanoic acid. She also listed contamination issues in Newburgh, N.Y. and on Long Island.

The lawmakers asked Frazee how the federal government can go about addressing these issues on a larger scale.

500000 is 0.15151515151515% of 330000000

less then 2 tenths of 1 percent is NOT a Crisis ....
that said, we should not be sending money to the UN or Africa or anywhere else, until Americans are taken care of 1st.

On average, a well costs around $5,000.00-$7,000.00. This includes all costs pertaining to drilling and the installation of the pumping system. Conditioning equipment typically ranges from $1,500.00-$3,000.00.

it would run 500 mil to drill wells @ 10k a pop .... of course Gov. over sight would probably cost another 2 billion dollars

 

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You are using the number of households (probably 2-5 people per household) as your numerator and the much larger Estimated Population of the Nation as your denominator. Maybe it's an algebra problem?

Anyway, the size is still unsubstantial as you argue.