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Flint's still-unfinished lead pipe replacement serves as cautionary tale to other cities
- Flint officials reported on July 1 that they have finished all necessary digging to replace service lines and have restored affected lawns as part of the 2017 settlement agreement.
- The settlement arose after the 2014 crisis began when a state emergency manager switched Flint’s water source to the Flint River without corrosion treatment.
- Despite completing settlement-required work, hundreds of pipes remain due to vacant homes and homeowner refusals, with over 4,000 properties still pending checks and replacements.
- Kenneth Miller, Flint’s Public Works Director, highlighted that the city has improved its data tracking systems and suggests other communities dealing with lead pipe issues do the same, while some residents remain deeply skeptical, expressing a lack of trust in the authorities.
- The case closure in 2023 without criminal liability leaves ongoing replacement work as a caution, with Flint’s experience guiding other municipalities facing federal mandates.
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Nine years after it started, Flint’s service line excavations, replacements complete
FLINT, MI -- All required service line excavation and lawn restoration work has been completed in Flint, according to a new report filed in federal court by the state of Michigan on Tuesday, July 1.
Blue Island distributes water sampling kits in effort to eliminate lead lines
Blue Island resident Sarah Haskell said she avoids letting her 1-year-old son drink tap water, as she is worried about contamination of lead in water lines. Instead, she keeps a Brita water filter on hand in her refrigerator. When Blue Island expanded its water sampling procedures mid-June, distributing lead and copper test kits to 60 randomly selected households as part of a project aiming to replace all water lead lines, Haskell said she was r…
Louisiana Illuminator
New Orleans CityBusinessLouisiana set to receive $412,000 from EPA to address lead pipes in schools, childcare facilities
Louisiana obtained a grant to replace lead pipes for schools and childcare facilities, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (Elise Plunk/Louisiana Illuminator)Louisiana will get $412,000 in grant funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to remove lead pipes for schools and childcare facilities across the state. The EPA announced in June that Louisiana is one of the states set to receive part of the $26 million doll…
Why Is The Lead Pipe Replacement In Flint Still Unfinished Nearly 11 Years After Water Crisis Began?
Source: picture alliance / Getty It has been more than a decade since 2014, when a Michigan state-appointed emergency manager decided it was a good idea to save money by a contract with Detroit’s water system and switched to the Flint River, causing the Flint water crisis by ditching a system that didn’t need treatment to prevent corrosion that put lead in the water pipes for one that did. It’s been eight years since 2017, when Flint entered int…
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