Tegan Lengyel, Samantha Paredes, Liv Mondlock, and Belle October
The scarcity of safe drinking water in poor and rural communities is a pressing issue exacerbated by economic barriers and geographical challenges. These communities often lack the financial resources to afford water treatment systems, resulting in reliance on unsafe water sources, which leads to higher rates of disease and mortality.
Floating topic
agriculture
Globalization
Population Growth
Access to safe drinking water and sanitation
Water Rights
Rural communities will have less access to these resources
Low rates won't satisfy capitalistic goals
Gegraphical restraints
Economic restraints
Water Privatization
The Inherent Contradictions of Capitalism
Theoritcal Origins of E.J.
Sustainability theory
Local and specific
E.J. movements
Civil Rights Movement
Water policy
Poor communities lack the economic abundance to obtain these water treatments
Rainwater catchment/Gravity Water
Desalination
Costly water system treatment
Water Treatment systems
Potential Solutions
Rural communities carrying water by foot
Unaffordable water transportation systems
Limited availability of safe drinking water
Unaffordable safe drinking water
Disease/Death at higher rates in rural communities
People drinking unsafe water in rural communities
Tegan Lengyel, Samantha Paredes, Liv Mondlock, and Belle October