Description

This online drinking water training is presented by the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) former Flint Safe Drinking Water Act Emergency Coordinator. The role of the coordinator was to ensure safe drinking water for the people of Flint. The coordinator worked with the City of Flint, Flint’s public water system, & the state of Michigan to ensure compliance with EPA’s Safe Drinking Water Act & EPA’s drinking water enforcement authorities. This training will provide you a fundamental understanding of underlying regulatory and technical decisions that led to Flint’s disaster. By improving your overall knowledge of the water crisis, you will be able to prevent similar, irresponsible decisions from impacting other communities. A comprehensive understanding of what happened in Flint will enable us to make better public health decisions.