[Themaintainers] maintenance and environmental justice

[Jonathan Coopersmith]

What happens if you don't maintain sewers?  And why does overflowing sewage
tend to occur primarily in minority areas?

>From an article on an EPA-Houston agreement to upgrade the latter's sewage
system:
     The decree would force Houston to clean its 5,500 miles of
gravity-driven sewer pipes every decade, to carry out more preventative
cleanings in problem areas, and to emphasize its program to educate
residents not to invite blockages by pouring grease, oil and other fats
down the drain.

The agreement would mandate a more aggressive schedule for assessing,
cleaning and repairing the city’s sewer system, and prioritizes fixes in
nine areas that experience voluminous spills during rainstorms, including
the area around Mama Seafood.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/2B-sewer-consent-decree-will-be-felt-in-15832490.php



see also:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/17/books/review/waste-catherine-coleman-flowers.html



Stay sane, keep washing those hands, and practice social solidarity as well
as physical distancing,

Jonathan

Jonathan Coopersmith
Professor
Department of History
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX  77843-4236
979.291.2925 (cell)
979.862.4314 (fax)

Engineering elections:
https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/telecom/security/engineering-principles-us-election

Racial disparities in waiting to vote:
https://theconversation.com/it-takes-a-long-time-to-vote-141267

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