Trustee Elections
These are the original issues in this subcategory
- MILITARY SITES
- BROWNFIELD SITES
- DRINKING WATER
In a 2014 cost-saving move, the city of Flint, Michigan switched its drinking water supply from Detroit’s water system to the Flint River. Inadequate treatment and testing of this water resulted in major water quality and health issues for Flint residents, many of whom endured skin rashes, hair loss and itchy skin. Officials later admitted that high concentrations of lead in the city’s drinking water were to blame for these health problems. Aging infrastructure and the cost to replace old water pipes and lead solder used in household plumbing was also a factor in this disaster. There is no acceptable level of lead in drinking water. And there are more than 6 million lead service lines - pipes that connect a water main to a building’s plumbing - in the U.S. today. Since this catastrophe, Newark, Chicago, Detroit, Baltimore and Milwaukee have all realized their water systems are also contaminated with lead - and there is likely to be many more cities with this problem. One 2016 report found that more than 5,000 U.S. water systems serving roughly 18 million people have violated EPA rules for lead content in drinking water.
Proposed Legislation: H.R.4033 - Water Justice Act
Prospective Sponsor: Rep. Daniel Kildee (MI)
Proposed Legislation: H.R.4033 - Water Justice Act
Prospective Sponsor: Rep. Daniel Kildee (MI)
- I oppose reforming current drinking water policy and wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (CA).
- I support:
1.) Providing $50 billion to the EPA for programs that reduce contaminants of concern in drinking water, such as grant programs for lead testing or remediation efforts in schools, child care programs, or high-risk communities.
2.) Requiring the EPA to obligate specified amounts of funding for several water infrastructure programs, including state revolving fund programs and grant programs for managing or controlling water pollution.
3.) Requiring the EPA to establish a grant program to help communities that serve environmentally at-risk households and low-income households afford the costs for remediating contaminated drinking water.
3.) Allowing HHS make grants to states to assist low-income households in meeting their needs for drinking water, wastewater and stormwater services.
4.) Establishing or reauthorizing a variety of programs that provide financial support for water supply projects, water recycling or reuse projects, rural water systems, water efficiency improvements, or conservation programs.
And wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Rep. Daniel Kildee (MI) and/or to an advocate group currently working with this issue.
- I support:
1.) Providing $50 billion to the EPA for programs that reduce contaminants of concern in drinking water, such as grant programs for lead testing or remediation efforts in schools, child care programs, or high-risk communities.
2.) Requiring the EPA to obligate specified amounts of funding for several water infrastructure programs, including state revolving fund programs and grant programs for managing or controlling water pollution.
3.) Requiring the EPA to establish a grant program to help communities that serve environmentally at-risk households and low-income households afford the costs for remediating contaminated drinking water.
3.) Allowing HHS make grants to states to assist low-income households in meeting their needs for drinking water, wastewater and stormwater services.
4.) Establishing or reauthorizing a variety of programs that provide financial support for water supply projects, water recycling or reuse projects, rural water systems, water efficiency improvements, or conservation programs.
And wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Rep. Daniel Kildee (MI) and/or to an advocate group currently working with this issue.
There has been $0.00 pledged in support of this issue
Trustee Election - Opening Date
June 14, 2021
Trustee Election - Closing Date
June 21, 2021