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One of the conclusions of the report is that race is the most significant predicator of whether people had access to plumbing. Can you talk about that?
There are actually a few different articles that focus on what they’ll call ‘plumbing poverty.’…. I think that’s something a lot of people wouldn’t realize is true, you might think it’s more related to the rural nature of where someone resides, but these studies accounted for that and in the end, it’s race, and in particular Native Americans are the most impacted, the most likely to lack plumbing in their homes…. The pandemic has highlighted a lot of inequities in our country and bringing attention to them, and these are conditions that don’t exist in more affluent white communities. They just don’t.
President Joe Biden proposes $111 billion to help solve persistent drinking water access problems, including for tribes. The Water & Tribes Initiative found the Navajo Nation and other tribes in the Colorado River Basin are up to 67 times more likely to lack running water compared to other Americans. Researchers recommend sustainable and comprehensive water projects with assistance from the federal agencies to address the long-standing problem.
Biden’s plan offers hope but there’s no guarantee it will get through Congress.
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Kevin Blackhorse lives on the Navajo Nation, just outside of Bluff. He said he comes into town twice a week to fill up his 270 gallon water tank at the gas station.
The COVID-19 pandemic revealed a clear connection between access to clean water and public health, according to Navajo tribal member Bidtah Becker.
Becker is part of a group called the Water & Tribes Initiative that advocates for water access in Indian Country. She said the pandemic has made it easier to ask Congress for money to solve the problem.
“The conversation has shifted from, ‘Oh no, you could never get that amount of money.’ And there’s always a little subtext of, ‘Are you really deserving of that money?’” she said. “Now it’s like, ‘Yes. Everybody needs clean drinking water. No questions asked.”
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