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The Flint Water Crisis: An Engineering Perspective Shawn P. McElmurry, PhD, PE Associate Professor Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering Photo credit: Regina Boone, Detroit Free Press Public Knowledge and Awareness Towards

The Flint Water Crisis: An Engineering Perspective Shawn P. McElmurry, PhD, PE Associate Professor Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering Photo credit: Regina Boone, Detroit Free Press
Public Knowledge and Awareness Towards Infrastructure Issues in Shrinking Cities Decreasing my monthly water bill 1% I do not Increasing know my I do not 32% monthly know Agree water bill 42% 55% 45% It has not changed 22% Disagree 3% The amount of physical water How has population change impacted infrastructure in my city impacts the cost the price of my water bill… of my water bill… Faust, et al. (2015) DOI: 10.1177/1087724X15606737
Flint Area Community Health and Environment Partnership (FACHEP) In collaboration with Flint residents and community partners, a large multidisciplinary team focused on evaluating drinking water quality, including: • Metals (Pb, Cu, Cr, etc. • Disinfection by products (TTHMs, etc.) • Chlorine residual • Bacteria ( E. coli , L. pneumophila , etc.) Developing advanced surveillance plan to evaluate association between water quality and the incidence of disease: • Legionnaires' disease • Skin diseases
Shawn P. McElmurry Thank you! s.mcelmurry@wayne.edu Collaborators: Flint Residents : Abdulbaset Salim, MD (WSU) Shayne Hodges Carol Miller, PhD, PE (WSU) Vicki VanBuren (Flint City Council) Daniayl Shamim (DMC) Rachel Wenzlick (United Way) David Pitts, PhD (WSU) Others… Donna Kashian, PhD (WSU) Donnie Sackey, PhD (WSU) Students: Laura Sullivan, PhD (Kettering) Alex Frazen Matt Seeger, PhD (MSU) Audrey Zarb Mona Hanna‐Attisha, MD (MSU/Hurley) Emily Bradley Nancy Love, PhD, PE (UM) Jenna Hage‐Hassan Paul Kilgore, MD, MPH (MSU) Justin Kietur Simon Davies, PhD (MSU) Liz Whiddon Susan Masten, PhD, PE (MSU) Mariana Runho Mohammed Dardona Support: Rebecca Cooper Office of the Vice President of Research Roozbeh Ravansari College of Engineering Sydney Szeles Urban Watershed Environmental Research Group (UWERG) Yousef Al‐Hashem Center for Urban Responses to Environmental Stressors (CURES)

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