When communities face drinking-water crises, bottled water is a 'temporary' solution that often lasts years − and worsens inequality
- Written by: Daniel Jaffee, Associate Professor of Sociology, Portland State University
An emergency bottled-water distribution site in Flint, Mich., in early 2016.Sarah Rice/Getty ImagesA massive intrusion of salt water into the Mississippi River has left the tap water in several Louisiana communities unsafe to drink and could threaten the New Orleans metropolitan area. The most visible emergency response is the provision of bottled...
