Gov. Snyder’s office offers muted response to proposed Flint water fix

But as Edward’s research pointed out, the known corrosive chemistry of the Flint River water is what is responsible for the leaching of lead from plumbing into residents’ water.

Flint water customers have been complaining about the smell, taste and color of their water since the spring of 2014, after the city cut its ties to the Detroit Water system and started treating and delivering its own supply.

At a press conference on Flint’s ongoing water crisis, they simultaneously slammed state leadership, specifically Gov. Rick Snyder and his officer, because of what they’re calling inaction.

One set of study results, released on Thursday, analyzed the blood lead levels in more than 1,500 children in Flint and said the overall number with elevated levels rose to 4 percent in 2015 after the water source was switched, from 2.1 percent in 2013.

Corrosion and lead problems are likely to spread to other utilities nationwidea product of Americas love affair with road salts, the dismal state of water infrastructure and, of course, rising sea levels. City officials estimated the cost of buying water from Detroit at $16 million.

The city stands by its decision that Flint River “has no problem with cooperating in additional testing”.

The switch was ordered by a state-appointed emergency manager to save money.

Dr. Hanna-Atisha told Michigan’s M-Live that lead poisoning among children in the test was increasing at an “alarming” rate.

Melissa Mays, a resident of Flint, blames the city and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.

In Flint, Edwards says, the city was not adding a corrosion inhibitor to the water for inexplicable reasons. Meanwhile, city officials are showing increasing interest in returning to Detroit’s water system – something that even a few days ago they dismissed as economically unfeasible for the cash-strapped city.

“I want them to take responsibility”, Walters says. “We believe protecting your house from burning down is essential”.

After the Hurley report, Flint schools have announced that they would no longer use tap water and have requested donations of bottled water for the students. She was diagnosed with a thyroid disorder last October and has bone spurs on her skeleton.

“I am angry because you are trying to kill me with this water”, one man said. The next day, the city put out a lead advisory urging people to flush their pipes and install low-priced filters.

Marc Edwards is an environmental engineering professor at Virginia Tech who has looked at lead contamination in several cities, including Flint. According to the commissioners, that only happens in the state gets involved.