Monday, September 24, 2018
Clean Water in America
The Clean Water Act has done a great deal to protect America's water. From my previous understanding of the Clean Water Act, I only considered the CWA's impact on American's drinking water. What I had failed to realize was the impact the CWA has had on industry. I really appreciated learning in the 'Clean Water Act of 1972' video that 36.8 billion has been generated through fishing, hunting, and bird watching revenues in many states because there is clean water for the animals to thrive on. On a similar note, learning that water-front property has increased in value on bodies like the Chicago river as they get cleaned up, was another way that industry has been positively impacted. I enjoyed learning these facts about how industry is positively impacted by the protection of clean water because many of these industry giants can/should be powerful allies in the fight to protect our water. Being able to turn to them and say, "Hey! Look how much money clean water has provided you with! Don't you want to protect that?" can prove to be a powerful incentive.
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Hi Alex,
ReplyDeleteI too enjoyed learning about the positive effects of the Clean Water Act of 1972, because this class so often focuses on the negative aspects of what our society is doing to the environment. Hopefully it has paved the way to continue to tweak our policies in regards to water regulation. - Christina KH
The clean water act was really interesting to read about. Now I cannot imagine our water with it. Just how this act establishes basic structure for regulating pollutant discharges into the waters of the United States, there should be more acts that protect us from other chemicals not only in our water. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteResponse: Christina
ReplyDeleteAh - it was interesting to re-read about Nixon and his many downsides in this Module. Its amazing how, when the choice is between money and health; money wins every time. As upcoming public health actors, I know we are all beginning to understand how important it is that we take a stand against men like Nixon who make poor decisions like this.
Response: Brianna
The spastics about clean water on earth were really interesting! I agree that its pretty insane to learn about how many people on this planet do not have access to clean water to drink. How can we begin to change that? Sometimes it seems like taking on problems like this are just too big for us to manage, but I know that the more we learn the better equipt we are to handle these looming issues.