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FLINT'S INDUSTRIAL WATER SUPPLY
Author(s) -
Kelly W. Osmund
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1971.tb04048.x
Subject(s) - industrial water , water supply , triad (sociology) , business , water scarcity , water resources , water resource management , environmental science , geography , environmental engineering , engineering , archaeology , waste management , sociology , social science , agriculture , ecology , biology
Water used for some industrial manufacturing processes often can be recycled. In 1956 the City of Flint, Mich., evaluated its water resources and arrived at the unenviable conclusion that, during drought years, it would be in need of more water than it had available. It was obvious to the city's administrators that, if the area were to continue to grow, water would have to be piped in from Lake Huron. The first two articles of this triad (presented at the Annual Conference on Jun. 23, 1970) dwell on the details of the successive measures taken by groups involved in Flint's water crisis that eventually led to its resolution. The third paper relates, for the most part, the measures taken by industry in the area.