He added that in MI they were learning a great deal from the water crisis and that he expects the federal government to examine health and safety protections in place, as well as infrastructure needs, to avoid future crisis. When General Motors stopped using Flint water at its production facilities just six months after the April 2014 switch, it reported that “the highly corrosive nature of the water was ruining its parts and production machinery”, the complaint states.
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Also, administration officials have already confirmed federal assistance for Flint which includes blood-level monitoring, psychosocial services, and nutritional support for the affected residents as stated in Detroit Free Press news story.
Beyoncé’s #BeyGood initiative will be supporting the local programme “United Way” – who have already handed out filtration pitchers, faucet mount filters, replacement cartridges, and “truckloads of water”.
A summary report of the Flint study, “Lead Corrosion Potential When the Treated Sacramento River Water Is Introduced into the Davis and Woodland Distribution Systems”, is posted on the agency’s website. Even before the lead problem was discovered, residents complained repeatedly that their water had become smelly, bad-tasting and discolored.
“The more we learn about the conduct of those principally involved in the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, the more likely it appears that that criminal acts may have been committed for which those responsible must be held to account before the bar of justice”. Democrats also call Flint an example of environmental injustice. It previously bought Lake Huron water through the city of Detroit.
There’s a marked lack of urgency as the officials discuss the provision of water filters to the officials through March 2015, and refer to the problem as an “aesthetic issue”. Many chemicals used for corrosion control are phosphate-based and bacteria often feeds off phosphate.
House Appropriations Committee Chairman Al Pscholka, a Stevensville Republican, said he was happy to see a more intermediate- to long-term plan for Flint beyond the “stopgap” measures previously approved unanimously by the GOP-controlled Legislature. The city was under state management at the time.
So far, the state and Hanna-Attisha say it’s too early to tell whether the Flint water caused an increase in miscarriages. Snyder said his recommended amount for pipe replacement is a starting point and could grow once a full analysis is done and all the underground service lines are found in the city of almost 100,000 people. The next day, Glasgow wrote that in view of the monitoring requirements and his available staffing, “I do not anticipate giving the OK to begin sending water out anytime soon”.
It was discovered the Flint River water had high levels of iron and contained lead from the connecting pipes.
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One email sent on September 30, a week before Snyder acknowledged the dangerously high lead levels and forced Flint to stop using the Flint River as the source of its water supply, shows DEQ’s Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance field operations chief Richard Benzie commending seven employees for the “effort you have made to respond to this issue”.
