flint water crisis
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#Flint: EPA Upholds State Authority to Set Deadlines to Fix Deficiencies in City Water System
As of Thursday, the people of Flint, Mich., have gone 1,569 days without a clean and stable water system in their city. The lead service line is in the process of being replaced, and the government keeps telling the city that its water is safer now—but residents remain skeptical. Through it all, city and state…
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#Flint: Former Inmates Sue Over Lead-Contaminated Water in Michigan City’s Jail
As of Tuesday, the people of Flint, Mich., have gone 1,524 days without a clean and stable water system. In the four years since the water crisis began, there is a segment of the population that has been almost completely overlooked in all the talks about bottled water, filters and the effects of lead poisoning:…
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#Flint: Lead Levels Remain Unchanged; Michigan Hands Water-Testing Over to the City
As of Wednesday, the people of Flint, Mich., have gone 1,518 days without a clean and stable water system in their city. The latest preliminary testing results show that the lead levels in the water have remained unchanged from the last six months of 2017, and the state has given notice that it is handing…
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#Flint: Mayor Karen Weaver Says State Oversight of Water System Is ‘Unwarranted and Unnecessary’
As of Tuesday, it has been 1,510 days since the people of Flint, Mich., have had a clean and stable water system. Although experts in the state had flagged the city’s water system as still being “poor,” Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder still pulled the plug on free water distribution in the city, leaving the residents…
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#Flint: Water Was Flagged as ‘Poor’ Weeks Before Gov. Snyder Ended Water-Distribution Program
As of Tuesday, the people of Flint, Mich., have been without clean water for 1,475 days. Gov. Rick Snyder ended free bottled-water distribution in the city on April 6, citing test results that showed the city’s water supply tested below the federal action level for lead—but environmental experts in the state had warned that the…
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#Flint: Mayor Seeks EPA’s Help in Restoring Bottled-Water-Distribution Service
As of Tuesday, the people of Flint, Mich., have been without clean water for 1,468 days. Last week marked the four-year anniversary of the water switch that began the contamination that has left city residents dependent on bottled water and water filters. Earlier this month, the state ended the bottled-water-distribution program, citing testing that showed…
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#Flint: On This Day 4 Years Ago, the Water Crisis Started. The Water Is Still Not Safe
One thousand, four hundred and sixty-two days. The people of Flint, Mich., have been without clean water in their pipes for 1,462 days. The Flint water crisis began on April 25, 2014. When city business was being overseen by a state emergency manager, the decision was made to switch the city’s water source from the…
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#Flint: Michigan Cuts Off Bottled-Water Distribution, Claiming Water Quality Is Restored
One thousand, four hundred and forty-six days. As of Monday, the water crisis in Flint, Mich., has been going on for 1,446 days. There are still areas of the city that are testing high for lead levels, including the city’s public schools, but on Friday, the state decided it no longer needs to provide bottled-water-distribution services…
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#Flint: As 4-Year Anniversary Nears, Water in Schools Still Shows Elevated Lead Levels
One thousand, four hundred and forty days. As of Tuesday, it has been 1,440 days since the residents of Flint, Mich., have had clean, safe water traveling through their pipes. In exactly three weeks, we will hit the four-year mark since the lead-contaminated-water crisis started. As of today, residents are still being told to use…
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#Flint: Will and Jaden Smith Will Donate Water Monthly Until Lead Levels in Schools Are Down
Monday marks day 1,411 since the people of Flint, Mich., had (relatively) clean, safe water running through the pipes in their homes. We are nearly at the four-year mark, and although there has been some change, it has been slow, and the end is still not here. The city doesn’t get as many headlines in…