The global water crisis is an environmental justice issue because environmental justice advocates protection for all people regardless of race, gender, or religion. Not having access to clean waters impacts people’s health as pollution, lead, and other toxins in water can pose many critical health conditions. What stood out to me is that many peoples are suffering from access to clean waters even though 71% of the earth’s surface is covered in water. I guess we don’t have enough resources to utilize the natural sources that we already have.

I do believe that the water crisis issue is an environmental justice issue because environmental justice is all about the people and their needs. Water is very important for people so if there is a lack of water that causes many issues for us. Something that stood out to me is how many places don’t have the resources to freshwater and there’s not a lot being done about it. Something else that stood out is that between America and countries there were quite a few similarities than I thought for both water crises.

Something that stood out to me was that around 91 million people in New Delhi, India, do not have access to drinking clean water which is actually a big problem there is also a money problem and not everyone can afford it because they also have to take care of their family.

The global water crisis is an environmental justice issue. The global water crisis is an environmental justice issue because it negatively impacts people who have a lower income and don’t have the resources to get clean and safe drinking water in this instance. Everyone needs water in order to survive and in certain areas clean and accessible drinking water isn’t attainable. Clean drinking water should be a fundamental right because it is something we can’t live without. I was most surprised by the creation of water loans because water should be something that is given but yet it is something that could potentially cause a financial burden.

What stood out to me was that Mexico created a water bottle brand for them and visitors so that no one gets ill from accidentally drinking the tap water.

Is the global water crisis an environmental justice issue? Why or why not?- No, it would not be environmental justice when you think of environmental justice it is something that can be prevented or an easier simpler way to fight the cause of the effect. Whereas a water crisis affects not one area or two, but many major parts of the city where it could grow out of hand. “Environmental injustice can be defined as the disproportionate exposure of Black, Brown, Indigenous, and/or low-income communities to environmental harms and risks, as compared to other communities, and its concomitant adverse effects on the health and the environment of those communities. Moreover, environmental injustice refers to the unequal enforcement by federal, state, and local government regulatory agencies of protective environmental laws, regulations, policies, and programs.”

The water crisis is an environmental issue because it affects minority communities and the environment. Due to climate change, minorities are heavily impacted by the water crisis and are often neglected by the environment. When working on this assignment, I was most surprised by the solutions given to help communities in need of water. I did not know that water loans existed nor did I know that they could be so accessible.

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What stood out to me is that a problem that should´ve been solved decades ago still exists to this day in India and other third-world countries. I see why that is as there isn´t a set-in-stone resolution for water contamination. This type of issue really shows the inequality in how water crises are dealt with and makes this an environmental justice issue.

• Gigi

What stood out to me was the sheer amount of water pollution in India. I had also never considered that a water crisis could disproportionately affect women but apparently, it does. I am wondering about other ways certain groups could be disproportionately affected by water crises. The global water crisis is an environmental justice issue because it deals with equal access to resources and some people don’t have the same access to water as others,