Show me the facts
How many people in US lacked piped running water between 2013-2017?
What is 1,121,120
What are water bottles made out of?
What is polyethylene.
What is modern water?
What is a set of ideas, discourses, and practices associated with scientific and Western models of water management
When and why was the SDWA originally passed?
What is 1974 and to protect health by regulating the nations public drinking water supply
“Ensuring access to water is a governmental function not a ___ one”
What is corporate
How many water accounts in Detroit since 2013 have been disconnected?
What is 137,165
What are three ways in which markets interact with water?
What is privatization, marketization, and commodification.
What is household water insecurity?
What is the lack or safe, reliable, sufficient, and affordable water for a thriving life
What does the SDWA not regulate?
What is wells
“Trust in household water is fundamentally linked to ___”
What percentage of US residents receive water from water systems owned and operated by their city, investor-owned, or mutual water company?
What is 87%
What is the most important way in which water is weaponized?
What is through controlling access and availability of the vital liquid
What toxicants are not federally monitored or regulated in the US?
What are pharmaceuticals and endocrine-disrupting chemicals
Are national drinking standards legally enforceable?
What is yes
"Water affordability is not an objective measure it’s a ___"
What is a contingent and contested social construct
What were the three contaminants found in Flint, Michigan water?
What is Lead, E.Coli, and Legionella bacteria
What are 3 ways of manipulation and control of communities using water resources?
What is by restricting access, controlling flow and quality, negating consumption
What are a few reasons why people prefer bottled water?
What is a fear of tap, lack of trust in local infrastructure, taste, marketed as healthier, distrust in government
What States/territories have not received primacy?
What is Wyoming and the District of Colombia
"Residents of mobile homes, have nearly ___ higher odds of suffering from unreliable water service (shutoffs) than the general population"
What is 20%
What is the global market value for bottled water?
What is $250 billion
What are 3 ways bottled water can be framed as ethical?
1. When its manufacturing process reduces its impact on the environment. 2. It enables vulnerable or marginalized populations to access the resource. 3. Through programs that promote the consumption of ethically.
What are the six water myths?
What is water access is universal, clean, affordable, the delivery is trustworthy, is uniformly governed, and modern water is the best water
What are the threats to drinking water?
What are chemicals, animal waste, pesticides, human threats, wastes injected underground, and naturally occurring substances
"____ have caused widespread problems of tainted water in First Nations communities in Canada."
What is ongoing colonial practices