Are you one of the 63% of people in America worried about the ongoing water crisis? The data from Gallup’s annual Environment poll, which was conducted in March 2017, shows that a large majority of people are concerned about the safety of their drinking water.
Worried?
Gallup first started tracking polled results regularly in 1999. The findings show that people are more worried about water safety than they have been since 2001. The collective concerns undoubtedly reflect the media spotlight that has unflinchingly shone on America’s water infrastructure problems, widely uncovered as a result of the Flint crisis.
The $1Trillion Problem
It’s no surprise that so many people worry about environmental pollution and …