He says Snyder listened to the proposals, which include putting Flint’s youth to work distributing water and creating a victims’ fund.
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“All eyes are on Detroit and Flint now: We live in a developed country, developed cities, but we’re living in Third World conditions”, Beulah Walker, chief coordinator of the nonprofit Detroit Water Brigade, which gives out bottled water to those who need it, told the Detroit News.
Snyder has taken responsibility and apologized for the high lead levels in Flint’s water, caused by a switch in the drinking water source that was pushed by state officials.
A coalition of activist organizations filed a complaint in federal court Wednesday morning against MI government officials alleging the state has violated the Safe Drinking Water Act during the Flint water crisis.
A separate Flint Water Advisory Task Force, in a letter sent to the governor last week, had suggested he establish a group of subject matter experts, including Edwards, to oversee the city’s conversion to a new regional pipeline from Lake Huron. But the water contained corrosive elements that caused lead in the pipes to leech into the water. Its unemployment rate is 40 percent, and its finances are so bad that it’s under emergency management by the state.
“For me, as a water educator, I thought it was important to get this conversation going for students so that this never happens again”, Roehre said. A state plan to save $15 million on Flint’s water bills may now cost $1.5 billion in clean-up, Moore said in his online petition for help from President Barack Obama.
If water from the Flint River was corroding machinery, imagine what it was doing to human bodies, including the smallest and most vulnerable.
Asked by MSNBC on Friday whether environmental racism played a role in the Flint water crisis, Snyder responded: “Absolutely not”. Flint has since switched back to Detroit water, but tests have shown high lead levels in the blood of some Flint children. Flint re-commissioned a water treatment plant and treated water from the Flint River instead of purchasing more expensive water from Detroit.
He said the companies can tap into the delivery network that already supplies bottled water to Flint schools. “To those who think it’s easy getting this water to Flint, it’s not”.
They note that special counsel Todd Flood, a lawyer and former prosecutor, donated thousands of dollars to the political campaigns of Republican Attorney General Bill Schuette and Republican Gov. Rick Snyder.
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The 59-page lawsuit says the harm suffered by Flint residents will not be addressed until city and state officials properly treat Flint’s water to control lead, properly test the water for lead contamination, promptly notify residents of testing results, and report their activities to state regulators, all as required by the Safe Drinking Water Act.
