Lead leached from Flint’s pipes after the city switched its water supply and failed to control the corrosiveness of the new water. Pleasant, have formed the Joint Committee on the Flint Water Public Health Emergency to hold hearings on the Flint water crisis.
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During the news conference Weaver vowed to be vigilant about the ongoing crisis. Governor Snyder isn’t saying much about the recall efforts. Ed Canfield, R-Sebewaing, and Jeff Irwin, D-Ann Arbor. “The Auditor General and others are doing important work investigating what went wrong, and I look forward to taking their work and doing what we can to make sure nothing like this ever happens again”.
The original measure would have provided $400 million in emergency funding for the EPA to help replace Flint’s water infrastructure, according to a summary.
“No Michigan citizen should be concerned about contaminated water”, said Meekhof. “I won’t rest until every single lead line is removed and the people of Flint deserve no less”.
The state Senate on Tuesday gave final approval to a supplemental spending bill requested by Snyder.
The House is expected to approve the Senate-passed water bill assistance Thursday after a committee OK’d it Wednesday.
The latest estimate of what many believe is the root cause of Flint’s drinking water crisis came as city and state officials appear to be forging their own path on how to identify the location of lead pipes in the city, assess their condition and plot their replacement. Businesses will receive a credit for 20 percent of their bills.
Later Monday, Snyder told The Detroit News editorial board that his office would make public executive office emails “relatively soon” once lawyers remove correspondence that would be exempt if his office were subject to the Freedom of Information Act.
“The safety and well-being of Flint families remains our top priority”, said Snyder, whose administration has faced harsh criticism for its response to the contamination crisis in the city of about 100,000 residents.
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On its Twitter account, JM Eagle recently has been posting support for Flint residents – “everyone has the right to clean water” – as well as warnings to other cities – “America is Flint”.
