Loice's Water Crisis

Besides being known for looking like a mitten, Michigan is known for its great lakes. With this fact, how could it be possible that one of Michigan's biggest cities, does not have safe drinking water? Flint's water crisis didn’t start from just one problem, it started from several, so who do we have to blame for the crisis? The DEQ. The DEQ is to blame for the crisis because they were shown the facts by a doctor, but they dismissed it. They didn’t want to spend the money on new pipes, so they tried to ignore the fact that it was there. They should’ve thought of the people they were in charge of, people that they were supposed to care for, it shouldn’t matter that it would be expensive. "This case shows that you can't treat cities the way you treat some corporation that you might just sort of sell off," Kildee said. (Ganim 2). This line just proves my point. It shows that the DEQ would rather make money for the city, than take care of the citizens that they have left. …show more content…
If they had just treated the water in the first place, they wouldn’t of even needed to spend money on replacing the pipes. “ Adding that agent would have cost about $100 a day, and experts say 90% of the problems with Flint's water would have been avoided.” (Ganim 1). Now that they didn’t treat the water, they have to deal with the consequences, like poisoned kids and thousands more dollars than the price of treating the water. In conclusion, the Flint water crisis is the fault of the DEQ, not anyone else. Sadly, it wouldn’t of been the DEQ’s fault if they hadn’t been lazy, and stingy with money. Hopefully, the DEQ has learned their lesson, and the problem will be fixed. Also, it may be a good call to fire some