The public, local elected officials, Michigan’s Department of Environmental Equality, and the Environmental Protection Agency were not involved in the project. They should have been overseeing the change to ensure that mistakes were not made and that the city manager’s idea would benefit, and not harm, the residents of Flint. Third, the government was not open and honest with the people as it carried out this project. Fourth, the government failed to attempt to improve the economy in Flint. The struggling economy was the primary reason the water source was being changed, as officials were attempting to save money. Last, the government ignored the people. Residents were complaining about water that smelled, looked, and tasted strange, but their complaints were ignored until the crisis began to be covered by major news outlets. Overall, Puchalski explains that the water crisis would not have happened if the United States government was honest with its people and held to a higher
The public, local elected officials, Michigan’s Department of Environmental Equality, and the Environmental Protection Agency were not involved in the project. They should have been overseeing the change to ensure that mistakes were not made and that the city manager’s idea would benefit, and not harm, the residents of Flint. Third, the government was not open and honest with the people as it carried out this project. Fourth, the government failed to attempt to improve the economy in Flint. The struggling economy was the primary reason the water source was being changed, as officials were attempting to save money. Last, the government ignored the people. Residents were complaining about water that smelled, looked, and tasted strange, but their complaints were ignored until the crisis began to be covered by major news outlets. Overall, Puchalski explains that the water crisis would not have happened if the United States government was honest with its people and held to a higher