Flint’s human crisis is also affecting the MI city’s dog population, as several canines have been poisoned by lead-tainted water.
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The partisan House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee also held a hearing Wednesday to take testimony from Flint Mayor Karen Weaver, local pediatrician Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha and others on the Flint situation.
On Wednesday, the Republican governor laid out a $360 million plan to address Michigan’s water infrastructure needs as part of his annual budget presentation to the state legislature, with $195 million being reserved for Flint in particular.
The trouble with Flint’s water started in April of 2014 as the city began drawing its water from the Flint River instead of relying on water from Detroit.
Weaver said the planned visit and the hearing would help “keep Flint in the spotlight” and maintain pressure on state and federal officials to do more.
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has acknowledged instructing Flint not to use corrosion controls, based on a misreading of federal regulations. For many households already using filters, they now must boil the water says Newser.
He says putting state police in Detroit, Flint, Pontiac and Saginaw has reduced violent crime in those cities. In the meantime, I’m spending my time seeing how we help the residents of Flint, and that goes to the point here of let’s work on food resources and nutrition resources.
Meanwhile, A water expert who first raised concerns about lead in Flint’s drinking water dismissed as “contrived” a city official’s suggestion in an email that anti-corrosive phosphates weren’t added to the Flint River because of worries that the chemicals would promote bacterial growth. Snyder, who has apologized for his administration’s role in the disaster and an inadequate initial response, said $25 million of the funding designated for Flint could help replace an unspecified number of old lead lines running from city streets to houses.
The governor along with Lieutenant Governor Brian Calley has sought to connect with state employees throughout his term through the Office of Good Government.
An Odenton church is accepting donations of bottled water to assist those affected by the water crisis in Flint, Michigan.
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Funding cuts forced MDEQ’s Drinking Water Program to fill vacancies “with staff from other programs that have been cut or eliminated”, the audit said.
