Environmental Racism - Lowndes County, Alabama & The Right to Basic Sanitation

In this episode we discuss the sewage crisis in Lowndes County, a predominantly Black county in Alabama that has been dealing with wastewater issues for decades. 

 

And we highlight Catherine Coleman Flowers, an environmental and climate justice activist working to address the inadequate waste and water sanitation infrastructures in rural communities in the U.S.

 

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Audio Clip

Confronting Failing Wastewater Systems | Catherine Flowers | TEDxFoggyBottom

 

Sources 

The Heavy Toll of the Black Belt’s Wastewater Crisis | The New Yorker

 

Sanitation Problems Have Plagued Black Residents of an Alabama County for Decades. The Government Might Finally Do Something About It | TIME

 

How Does a Septic System Work? | Southwest EFC

 

Alabama Black Belt Becomes Environmental Justice Test Case: Is Sanitation a Civil Right? | Inside Climate News

 

Black Alabamians endured poor sewage for decades. Now they may see justice. | The Washington Post

 

Battling America's 'dirty secret' | The Washington Post