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How the people of Flint, Mich., ended up with contaminated drinking water
http://news.yahoo.com/how-the-peopl...th-contaminated-drinking-water-043602916.html
So what's the story here?
The mayor Dayne Walling did have the audacity to run for re-election.
Apparently there was some disagreement between Flint and DWSD?
http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2013/04/state_gives_flint_ok_t.html
The article doesn't explain why Flint felt the need to go elsewhere for water.
I worked in a water department, and before a source of water was considered, it was thoroughly tested, and we tested multiple times a day for quality, and probably monthly for detailed chemical analysis at random sites on the system.
http://news.yahoo.com/how-the-peopl...th-contaminated-drinking-water-043602916.html
As far as I can tell, it was a local/municipal decision, so why it's a problem, or crisis, for the governor, is not clear to me. Maybe I'm wrong, but the state government/administration did not force the Flint government to make a really bad and stupid choice of supplying contaminated water to its citizens.Flint residents began complaining about the taste, odor and color of their tap water as well as side effects like rashes and hair loss within a month after the city switched its drinking water supply from the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department to the Flint River in April 2014. But it wasn’t until October 2015 — after reports revealed an increase in lead-in-blood levels among Flint residents and children in particular — that Snyder finally ordered Flint to stop using the river water and return to Detroit’s supply.
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Flint previously purchased its drinking water from the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department. And despite the fact that the KWA pipeline would not be complete for about three more years, in April 2014 Flint severs ties with the DWSD and begins supplying its residents with water from the Flint River. Flint residents soon begin to complain about cost and quality of water.
So what's the story here?
The mayor Dayne Walling did have the audacity to run for re-election.
- despite the lead and whatever chemicals are in it.June, 2014 - Then-Mayor Dayne Walling rebuffs residents’ concerns about the river water, insisting, “It’s a quality, safe product. I think people are wasting their precious money buying bottled water.”
Apparently there was some disagreement between Flint and DWSD?
http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2013/04/state_gives_flint_ok_t.html
The article doesn't explain why Flint felt the need to go elsewhere for water.
I worked in a water department, and before a source of water was considered, it was thoroughly tested, and we tested multiple times a day for quality, and probably monthly for detailed chemical analysis at random sites on the system.
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