Lake Erie’s Failed Algae Strategy Hurts Poor Communities the Most
Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
But this is a city where 20 percent of residents report “often” or “always” reducing their spending on basic needs to afford their water bill. Water rates more than doubled between 2010 and 2020, while income of the city’s poorest one-fifth of residents inched up only 12 percent.
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