GovParti Civic Health Series: Environment

By Amy Barthelemy

Environmental burden in the United States is not random. It follows the civic health gradient with precision.

Volume 6 documents the environmental geography of civic distress. Q1 counties carry worse drinking water, more lead pipe violations, more disaster declarations, and less mitigation funding than Q4. 284 Q1 counties have active water lead violations and zero federal lead pipe replacement funding. 49 of those counties are majority-Black. Q1 counties hold 41.9% of water violations and receive 19.5% of funded replacements.

Portraits include St. James Parish Louisiana -- Cancer Alley, 97th percentile air toxics -- and Genesee County/Flint Michigan, where 8.4% of children tested positive for elevated blood lead.

21 documented findings. 6 county portraits. EPA EJScreen 2023 archive, SDWIS, FEMA, USDA data. Dataset archived at openICPSR: https: //doi.org/10.3886/E247201V1

Part of the GovParti Civic Health Series. Currently under academic peer review. govparti.net

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GVBQ8DP3
• ISBN13: 9798254115885
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 149 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"