Flint Michigan Water 2019

On april 25 2014 a group of smiling officials in flint mich stood in front of television cameras held their glasses aloft and toasted the switch to the city s new water.

Flint michigan water 2019.

Concrete slopes capped with wire fences flank the water. The flint water crisis lessons. Flint s lines were weakened by river water that wasn t treated with anti corrosion chemicals following flint s water source switch in 2014 while city government was under state oversight. Flint michigan water crisis still being felt.

This is what happened here in the water supply in flint michigan. Press release city of flint michigan. Later this year the city hopes to inspect the last of nearly 30 000 pipes. Moller became pregnant with desintee in 2014 before giving birth to her in 2015.

The flint river scribbles 142 miles through mid michigan and a noticeable change occurs as it flows southwest into the city of flint. In june 2019 michigan solicitor general fadwa hammoud dropped criminal charges against eight people tied to the flint water crisis and said his office was starting from scratch. In august 2019 the state of michigan warned city officials that flint was in violation of the safe drinking water act because it failed to test water at enough homes with lead service lines or lead plumbing fixtures. President obama signs michigan emergency declaration press release obama white house.

Flint was left with thousands of damaged water pipes families surviving on bottled water and a battered self image. In april 2014 flint changed its water source from treated detroit water and sewerage department water sourced from lake huron and the detroit river to the flint river officials failed to apply corrosion inhibitors to the water. The decisions regarding dissemination of natural water resources have a chain of cause and effect to the public health. But ended spending more when they made this decision.

The state government s purpose was to save money.