Snyder Admin Trucked In Clean Water for State Building in January 2015

In January 2015, while cries from residents of Flint, Mich., that something was wrong with the tap water went ignored, state officials made provisions to have watercoolers installed at the State Office Building in Flint.

The notices, however, described Flint’s water as safe to drink.

Lonnie Scott, executive director of Progress Michigan, said the emails and document offer new evidence of the Snyder administration’s indifference towards the people of Flint. Flint notified water customers at the time that it was in violation of the Safe Drinking Water Act because of those levels and cautioned the elderly, infants and people with compromised immune systems.

Instead, he asked readers to join him in a revolt, demanding Michigan’s governor Rick Snyder to be removed and arrested, calling the politician corrupt and incompetent.

The damage to Flint’s water distribution infrastructure is potentially $713 million, according to an assessment by Genesee County and cited in the state’s request for federal assistance. Several residents say they w…

Further, Moore wrote that the federal government must be placed in charge – including FEMA, the Army Corps of Engineers and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – and that all Flint residents who want to leave should be evacuated to white communities that use the Lake Huron water source.

Snyder said he has gotten support through what he called a “challenging” time. CNN also reported that Gov. Rick Snyder denied that this problem was related to lead in the water, but as CNN explains, the lead problem in Flint’s water supply is directly related to the rusting of metal because the chemicals in the water caused the metal pipes to rust and leach lead into the water supply.

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

There are up to 25,000 service lines containing lead that run between water mains and homes in Flint.

Outside the mayor’s offices, where the meeting was taking place, Lila Cabbil (LIE’-luh KAB’-uhl) of the People’s Water Board and Lynna Kaucheck (LIN’-uh KAW-‘chek) of Food and Water Watch showed off the 21,000-plus petition signatures they were delivering.

Those concerns came just days after the city warned residents of high TTHM levels in the water, a byproduct of chlorine used on the water.

The state Senate today unanimously approved $28 million to help Flint with its water crisis.

The Lehigh Valley’s water contains high levels of minerals, which can lead to buildup in pipes that helps prevent lead from leaching into the water, Gross said.

Tom Gores, a Flint native and owner of the Detroit Pistons, pledged Thursday to raise $10 million to address the short- and long-term needs of his MI hometown.

Moore also said MI must bear the financial burden from the crisis, as well as letting the federal government take over of the recovery process.