TFTT Report
Setting the Record Straight on Private Water and Flint
In a letter to the editor posted yesterday in The Hill, NAWC Executive Director Michael Deane criticized Corporate Accountability International and Food & Water Watch for their shameless use of the Flint water crisis in fundraising, calling it offensive to raise money off of the misfortunes of others. Deane also set the record straight that private water companies had no involvement in the Flint water crisis. Deane emphasized that private water companies are committed to helping Flint and other communities that face water infrastructure challenges, and urged private water critics like Corporate Accountability International and Food & Water Watch to stop erroneously twisting the Flint crisis into a talking point to advance their own agenda.