Create a PowerPoint to discuss the Clean Water Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act and how each applies to the water contamination crisis in Flint, Michigan. Your presentation should address the following questions explicitly:
Length: 8 slides. Speaker’s notes are required, as well as citations and a reference slide.
Required Reading
Bhattacharya, D. (2013). Chapter 7: Clean water legislation and mosquito control. In Public health policy: Issues, theories, and advocacy. (pp. 201–212). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Flint water crisis. (2016). Congressional Digest, 95(3), 10.
Greenberg, M. R. (2014). Delivering fresh water: Critical infrastructure, environmental injustice, and Flint, Michigan. American Journal of Public Health, 106(8), 1358–1360.
Rubenfire, A. (2016, February 4). Flint hospital, state hit with $100m lawsuit over Legionnaires’ outbreak. Modern Healthcare. Retrieved from http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160204/N…
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2016). Summary of the Clean Water Act. Retrieved from https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-clean…
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2016). Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). Retrieved from https://www.epa.gov/sdwa
Xavier University Library. (2014). How to write a position paper. Retrieved from http://www.xavier.edu/library/students/documents/p…
Videos
Grist. (2016, January 26). Environmental justice, explained . Retrieved from
PBS NewsHour. (2016, January 20). In Flint, public trust poisoned by toxic drinking water crisis . Retrieved from
Hi there! Click one of our representatives below and we will get back to you as soon as possible.