Most chemicals used in this process are phosphate based and phosphate can be a “food” for bacteria. He did not specify who made the decision.
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“I’m asking Governor Snyder and the state to partner with us on this effort”, Weaver said. Higher fuel taxes and vehicles registration fees will begin in 2017, boosting dedicated revenue by more than $500 million in the fiscal year that will start in October.
Snyder is due to present a $54.9 billion spending plan for the 2016-17 budget year.
Snyder, a tech venture capitalist elected in 2010 on promises to turn around the state’s floundering economy, has accepted some blame for the crisis.
He has said he wants to discuss with legislators bills to subject his office and their offices to Michigan’s Freedom of Information Act.
“It’s gross negligence, and officials should be ashamed”, Shkolnik said.
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said they had no reports of lead toxicity in household pets in the last five years until Flint’s water was contaminated – sickening an unknown number of children. “It’s very large, one of the largest we know of in the past decade, and community-wide, and in our opinion and experience it needs a comprehensive investigation”.
Authorities in MI unveiled a plan Tuesday to remove and replace lead-tainted pipes in Flint’s water distribution systems amid an ongoing political controversy over how the city’s water supply became contaminated under the watch of elected officials.
“We have been emotionally traumatized and we need new pipes”, Mayor Karen Weaver told reporters.
“Gov. Snyder is including money in his budget request on Wednesday to address Flint water infrastructure”. “We’re here to investigate what possible crimes there are, anything to the involuntary manslaughter or death that may have happened to some young person or old person because of this poisoning, to misconduct in office”, counsel Todd Flood said.
“We’re going to restore safe drinking water one house at a time, one child at a time”, she said. He said the probe is underway but declined to provide details.
Those involved say the initiative will include support for preschool, nutritional needs, school nursing, before- and after-school programming, increased special education capacity and increased school counselors.
The other problem, he said, is leaving lead lines behind – a partial replacement project -this can cause two different metals to react in the system and lead to more lead in the water.
Deputy press secretary Anna Heaton said that the governor will ask the Legislature for an additional $195 million in funding for the crisis. Last month, as part of the suits, several state agencies were served a subpoena for all documents related to Flint’s drinking water dating back to 2011, including Snyder and his executive staff’s emails.
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It’s unclear how soon any of the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund financing could be issued to help Flint replace its service lines. Flint resident Sarah Truesdail holds her daughter Gabriella Venegas, 5, as she screams out with tears rolling down her face while a health official pricks her finger with a needle for a free lead test on M…
