Excellent article. As previously noted-Blood lead levels in children were NOT significantly increased in Flint, because the water was so obviously terrible that virtually no one drank it. About 9000 blood lead samples were available before during and after the change of water source, so that the data are very clear. The adverse health effect was 2 spikes of legionellosis cases and deaths. It is important that the facts are known.
Published by Joseph Cotruvo, President at Joseph Cotruvo & Associates, Water , Environment and Public Health
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The article encapsulate the real problem in water sector in Nigeria, Over years there had been series of projects with billion of dollars spent with little or no remarkable improvement in the water and sanitation sector. For over a decades the government is interested in spend on infrastructures without ensuring that there are policy and institutions in place to ensure sustainability of the infrastructures.
In one of my paper, i considered the bane of the sector woe as continues infrastructural development with out institutional strengthen and legal framework. We found out that continue intervention in the management of the sector by politicians reduces the expected efficiency in delivering of the services and does not make the management of the water Agency accountable to the people.
Water is seen as a political tools to get votes from the citizens, unfortunately, the politician never get this water to the citizens .
Published by Awolowo Jones