As part of this Environmental Justice module, we will focus on hexavalent Chromium (Cr(VI)). Chromium occurs in 3 valent states Cr(III), and Cr(VI). Cr(VI) is the compound present in oxic environments.
Below are different resources to help you to understand the problem.
Please summarize  on what you learned while reviewing the materials. Please focus on the following:
a) In terms of environmental justice what is necessary to help people living in poorer communities to deal with water contamination such as hexavalent chromium.
b) Please analyze the water composition for the City of Live Oak and the new minimum contamination level Ca has just introduced. Do you think the minimum containment level is low enough given the cost to clean the water?
c) What should be done if a location has groundwater Cr(VI)-levels just below the new Ca MCL standard?
Please inform yourself given the links below and upload your opinion in a word document.
Hexavalent Chromium is also of current interest because California the nation’s first water standard for cancer-causing contaminant to 10 ug/L just recently in April 2024.
Of course not every pollutant can be traced to some company or other human induced activity. Groundwater in some place has naturally elevated chromium.
Here are a couple links you can use for reasearch purposes:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/chromium-water-cancer/
https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/drinking_water/certlic/drinkingwater/Chromium6.html#:~:text=Hexavalent%20chromium%20is%20among%20the,(%22Proposition%2065%22).