Officials release new insights in wake of major drinking water crisis: 'Marks a significant milestone'

Officials release new insights in wake of major drinking water crisis: 'Marks a significant milestone'

Twelve years after the city's water crisis, Michigan officials announced that Flint has reached its 10th year of safe, healthy lead levels in its drinking water.  The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) spent the last six months of 2025 analyzing Flint's tap water and found it was in the 90th percentile of the state's strict lead standards. In March 2015, Flint's water tested 25 times higher than the Environmental …