The Detroit Peoples Water Board is Born
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The city of Detroit sits at the tip of Lake Erie, and is a few miles downriver from Lake St Clair, a smaller, but substantial freshwater source in itself. But despite all that water, some Detroit residents are facing a water crisis of their own. For the past decade the price of water has been steadily climbing higher - so high that for some, it's out of reach. Because the water and sewerage department wasn't responding to the community's needs, a coalition of environmental groups, labor unions, and social activists has come together to try and claim a stake in managing the water supply they need to survive. Making Contact correspondent Rachel Zurer reports how their group, the Detroit People's Water Board, is pushing to create a system in which everyone has access to clean, affordable water.
This is a segment from Making Contact show #38-10 " Whose Water? The Struggle for Public Ownership of Water"
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The city of Detroit sits at the tip of Lake Erie, and is a few miles downriver from Lake St Clair, a smaller, but substantial freshwater source in itself. But despite all that water, some Detroit residents are facing a water crisis of their own. For the past decade the price of water has been steadily climbing higher - so high that for some, it's out of reach. Because the water and sewerage department wasn't responding to the community's needs, a coalition of environmental groups, labor unions, and social activists has come together to try and claim a stake in managing the water supply they need to survive. Making Contact correspondent Rachel Zurer reports how their group, the Detroit People's Water Board, is pushing to create a system in which everyone has access to clean, affordable water.
This is a segment from Making Contact show #38-10 " Whose Water? The Struggle for Public Ownership of Water"
Broadcast History
This is a segment from Making Contact program #38-10 "Whose Water? The Struggle for Public Ownership of Freshwater"
Intro and Outro
INTRO:The city of Detroit sits at the tip of Lake Erie, and is a few miles downriver from Lake St Clair, a smaller, but substantial freshwater source in itself. But despite all that water, some Detroit residents are facing a water crisis of their own. For the past decade the price of water has been steadily climbing higher — so high that for some, it’s out of reach. Because the water and sewerage department wasn’t responding to the community’s needs, a coalition of environmental groups, labor unions, and social activists has come together to try and claim a stake in managing the water supply they need to survive. Making Contact correspondent Rachel Zurer reports how their group, the Detroit People’s Water Board, is pushing to create a system in which everyone has access to clean, affordable water.
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Producer/Online Editor: Pauline Bartolone
Producer: Andrew Stelzer
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Station Relations: Daphne Young
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