If you're into water and accountability, you freak, this one's for you. From Jackson, Mississippi to Flint, Michigan and every dam in between.
Works used in the making of this podcast:
"Flint Water Crisis" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint_water_crisis.
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"Living in a city with no water: ‘This is unbearable’." By Emmanuel Felton. 9/3/2022 https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/09/03/jackson-mississippi-water-crisis/.
"Permanent water solution for Las Vegas residents could take 4-5 years." Spencer Schacht. 9/7/2022. https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/clean-water-shortage-continues-for-las-vegas-residents/.
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"More than 25m drink from the worst US water systems, with Latinos most exposed." Emily Holden, Caty Enders, Niko Kommenda, and Vivian Ho. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/26/worst-us-water-systems-latinos-most-exposed. 2/26/2021.
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