El Salvador
Conflicting visions often manifested in street closures for protests of lack of water, while companies engaged in the production of carbonated and alcoholic beverages using millions of liters a day, equally large shopping malls and exclusive residences use excessive amounts of water without any restriction. The bottom line - unequal access to potable water is a clear indicator of social injustice in El Salvador.
Many communities are serving to fix this problem by pushing legislation at the local level. There is little funding to update and improve the water piping system. One way the government has tried to increase funding and aid in solving some of the problems related to the water crisis is by removing the flat rate pricing for water and instead implementing a scaling rate for the price of water based on the amount of water used. For example, in the past, businesses such as car washes, which use intense amounts of water, would pay the same rate for their water as a small low-income family who, in comparison, uses a minimal amount of water.
Flint, MI
The piping in the city, the underground infrastructure, was the catalyst to the entire crisis. Water was diverted from the Flint River rather than the Huron River, and switching between piping systems and routes caused water contamination. Investing in quality infrastructure could have prevented deleterious outcomes. This issue portrays how the cost-effective decision is not always the safest, healthiest option for providing people with drinkable water.
Conflicting visions often manifested in street closures for protests of lack of water, while companies engaged in the production of carbonated and alcoholic beverages using millions of liters a day, equally large shopping malls and exclusive residences use excessive amounts of water without any restriction. The bottom line - unequal access to potable water is a clear indicator of social injustice in El Salvador.
Many communities are serving to fix this problem by pushing legislation at the local level. There is little funding to update and improve the water piping system. One way the government has tried to increase funding and aid in solving some of the problems related to the water crisis is by removing the flat rate pricing for water and instead implementing a scaling rate for the price of water based on the amount of water used. For example, in the past, businesses such as car washes, which use intense amounts of water, would pay the same rate for their water as a small low-income family who, in comparison, uses a minimal amount of water.
Flint, MI
The piping in the city, the underground infrastructure, was the catalyst to the entire crisis. Water was diverted from the Flint River rather than the Huron River, and switching between piping systems and routes caused water contamination. Investing in quality infrastructure could have prevented deleterious outcomes. This issue portrays how the cost-effective decision is not always the safest, healthiest option for providing people with drinkable water.