Documents water distribution 8 results

"Ce livre raconte Bruxelles et son eau. Il parle de cours d'eau disparus, de rivières voûtées, de luttes et de conquêtes sociales, d'égouts, d'inondations, de bière, du canal et de son port, des autorités publiques et de leurs actions, d'intercommunales, du “prix” de l'eau de robinet...

La deuxième partie est dédiée aux métiers, aux femmes et aux hommes qui, en surface ou en sous-sol, assurent toutes les fonctions nécessaires pour que l'eau de la ville soit le “miracle” quotidien qui nous permet d'avoir accès à l'eau à un coût public (comprenant eau potable et assainissement) d'1 euro les 500 litres ! C'est un reportage, présentant des biographies, des anecdotes, le travail au quotidien."

"The recent Colorado Gold King Mine waste-water spill and Michigan's water supply re-routing program catastrophe, has directed renewed public attention towards resurgent environmental lead contamination threats. Leaded environments present social justice issues for children and mothers possessing blood lead levels (BLLs) > 5 μg/dL. Childhood lead exposure remains a continual U.S. public health problem manifesting in lifelong adverse neuropsychological consequences. The 2007 Inspector General Report demonstrated low BLL screening rates across the U.S. and this study examined the regularity of children's BLL screening rates. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Lead Poisoning National Surveillance 2010–2014 children's BLL screening rates, were examined to assess BLL screening regularity in states traditionally known to have regularly occurring BLL screenings: New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The results extracted from the CDC data showed that < 50% of children were BLL screened by six-years of age across the states that were sampled. The findings highlight that without a “clear map” of lead exposed areas through accurate and consistent BLL screenings, how the potential for such disparities within – and between-states within the U.S. could arise due to environmental social justice issues in relation to BLL screening barriers. Barriers preventing children's BLL screenings were considered, and public health interventions recommended to improve screening rates included: routine BLL screening for all pregnant women, lactating mothers, and children; while, removing known lead exposure sources within communities. This study calls for action during a time of renewed public attention to resurgent lead poisoning within the U.S."

"The principles of the modern foundational economy and its role in renewing citizenship and informing public policy are explored for the first time in this instructive collection. Challenging mainstream social and economic thinking, it shows how foundational economy experiments at different scales can foster radical social innovation through collective, rather than private, consumption. An interdisciplinary group of respected European academics provide case studies of initiatives and interventions around policy cornerstones including housing, food supply and water and waste management. They build a judicious evidence base of the growing relevance of foundational economic thinking and its potential to provide a new political and social outlook on civil society and social justice."