When we determine which communities are more likely to get their water from contaminated supplies, median household income is not the best measure. That's according to a recent study that found social factors -- such as low population density, high housing vacancy, disability and race -- can have a stronger influence than median household income on whether a community's municipal water supply is more likely to have health-based water-quality violations.
When we determine which communities are more likely to get their water from contaminated supplies, median household income is not the best measure.
About 10% of community water systems in the contiguous United States have a reported health-based violation. The study's findings are important because many state and federal agencies use median household income as the primary factor when deciding how to distribute funding meant to assist disadvantaged communities.
But which communities are considered disadvantaged is often left up to state policymakers to decide, with most states opting to use median household income as the primary factor, according to the study The study also highlighted the specific social factors that are connected to an increased probability of facing water-quality issues, and how they vary based on the specific water-quality issue at hand.
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