...But concerns remain about transparency and accountability features to ensure that federal funding is actually distributed to historically disinvested communities to update their aging and ineffective water systems. The Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy (PHRGE) at Northeastern University’s School of Law, the Center for Constitutional Rights, Food & Water Watch, and Jackson residents plan to present a report on drinking water access and affordability at a United Nations Human Rights Committee session in Geneva next month—another gut punch on the international stage. The report showcases testimonies from Jackson community members about continuing problems with water quality, and customer service missteps, such as failures to offer boil water notices in Spanish. Transparency in water system operations and federal and state funding disbursements continue to raise questions during the interim oversight period...

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