Krisis air Flint

Krisis air Flint

Waktu	21 April 2014; 10 tahun lalu (21 April 2014) – sekarang
Durasi	Masih berlangsung
Lokasi	Flint, Michigan, Amerika Serikat
Koordinat	43°0′36″N 83°41′24″W
Jenis	Kontaminasi air: Coliform bacteria THMs Timbah Wabah penyakit Legionnaires
Peserta/Pihak terlibat	Para pemukim Flint, Michigan
Hasil	6,000–12,000 anak-anak terpapar timbal[1] Status darurat kesehatan masyarakat Beberapa gugatan hukum Beberapa penyelidikan Empat pengunduran diri Empat pemecatan Lima penangguhan Lima belas pendakwaan pidana
Tewas	12[2]

Krisis air Flint dimulai pada 2014 saat sumber air minum untuk kota Flint, Michigan dialihkan dari Danau Huron dan Sungai Detroit ke Sungai Flint. Akibat buruknya pengelolaan air, timbal dari pipa air masuk ke air minum untuk lebih dari 100.000 warga. Setelah serangkaian penelitian ilmiah menunjukkan terjadinya kontaminasi timbal pada persediaan air Flint, keadaan darurat dinyatakan di tingkat federal pada Januari 2016 dan warga Flint diminta untuk hanya memakai air kemasan atau air yang telah disaring untuk minum, masak, bersih-bersih, dan mandi. Pada awal 2017, kualitas air dilaporkan telah kembali pada tingkat yang dapat diterima, tetapi warga masih ragu dengan mutu air di kotanya.

Referensi

1. United Way estimates cost of helping children $100M WNEM-TV, January 18, 2016
2. State: McLaren Flint was primary source of Legionnaires' outbreak The Detroit Free Press, May 30, 2018

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Audio
"Figuring Flint Out", On the Media, January 22, 2016
Political decisions, racism, ineptitude: Digging into the origins of the Flint water crisis Stateside, April 25, 2017 (Michigan Radio)
Video
Water crisis in Flint, Michigan, draws federal investigation, CNN, Greg Botelho, Sarah Jorgensen and Joseph Netto, January 9, 2016
How Flint, Michigan, Saved Money and Poisoned Its Children: City Declares Water Emergency, Democracy Now, December 17, 2015
Flint Water Crisis: Who Is To Blame? The Young Turks, January 27, 2016
The House Oversight and Governmental Reform Committee's first hearing on the contaminated drinking water in Flint, MI (February 3, 2016) Full video from C-SPAN
The House Oversight and Governmental Reform Committee's second hearing on the contaminated drinking water in Flint, MI (March 15, 2016) Full video from C-SPAN
The House Oversight and Governmental Reform Committee's third hearing on the contaminated drinking water in Flint, MI (March 17, 2016) Full video from C-SPAN

• Taking Action on Flint Water – official Michigan Department of Environmental Quality website on the crisis
• EPA documents related to Flint drinking water – from the official EPA website
• Flintwaterstudy.org – official website of Dr. Marc Edwards' Virginia Tech Research Team, which investigated the lead contamination
• Articles on the Flint water crisis from MLive
• Articles on the Flint water crisis from Detroit Free Press
• Five Things - Flint Water Crisis Lawsuits (CNN)
• "But A Flint Holds Fire" by Andrea Ramsey performed by The Michigan State University Children's Choir at the MSU Community Music School Fall 2016 choir concert