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What are the immediate consequences of the Trump administration's decision to revoke the $26 million grant intended to improve Lowndes County's water infrastructure?

For over 14 years, residents of Lowndes County, Alabama, primarily Black families, have endured a public health crisis due to failing water infrastructure. Raw sewage contaminates homes and yards, leading to widespread hookworm infection; one in three adults were infected in 2017. A $26 million federal grant to address this, deemed "environmental racism" by the Department of Justice, was recently revoked by the Trump administration.