State buildings in Flint, Mich., got clean water as officials denied contamination

“Governor Snyder needs to explain to the people of Flint why his administration trucked water into a state building while allowing residents to drink unsafe water”. The document at issue-dated January 7, 2015-is an administrative order showing the state had chose to provide bottled-water coolers “positioned near water fountains” in state offices so that workers could “choose which water to drink”.

“It just shows that the reaction was to take care of the state workers while they were still telling Flint residents your water is safe, go ahead and drink it”, Scott said.

They switched the water supply back to Lake Huron one month later.

The water contamination scandal in Flint has led to plenty of legal action, but new lawsuit filed this week finally has some teeth.

But a majority do not want the Governor to resign and in his State of the State he said he would not.

National Guard members at the fire station handed out water and plastic bags that residents can use for bottles that don’t fit into curbside bins.

Republic’s free curbside recycling, which includes bins delivered to customers’ homes, is being supplemented by a coalition-sponsored drop-off program. As a result, lead has leached from old pipes.

Snyder will propose a long-term funding solution to address the ongoing needs of Flint in his February 10 formal budget recommendation. But Snyder said he believes that process will be hammered out in a week or so. Testing water regularly from its source to residential taps is also important.

It is the second round of state funding allocated since the lead contamination was confirmed in the fall.

It’ll pay for bottled water, faucet filters, testing kits, additional school nurses, medical treatment, and help with the city’s unpaid water bills. But given the serious questions about Snyder’s administration so far on the matter, even the mere appearance of a conflict casts a cloud over the entire probe. Several residents say they w…

The Michigan senators and other Democrats offered the measure Thursday as an amendment to a bipartisan Senate energy bill.

Flint’s water became contaminated when the city, under emergency state management, switched from the Detroit municipal system and began drawing from the Flint River in April 2014 to save money.

The water emergency in Flint, Mich., is two years in the making. Gov. Rick Snyder claimed that he was unaware of the high levels of lead in the water. There will be steep costs to to fix a water supply infrastructure in Flint that has been damaged significantly, perhaps beyond repair.

“Before we start throwing money into infrastructure, we need to know really what the condition is, where the pipes are, how many there are”, said House Appropriations Committee Chairman Al Pscholka, R-Stevensville.

Lawrence said, “the American people deserve a full accounting of this man-made disaster”. The bill also would speed federal approval of projects to export liquefied natural gas to Europe and Asia and reauthorize a half-billion dollar conservation fund that protects parks, public lands, historic sites and battlefields.