Take a closer look at Flint lead testing results — MAP

The other parts of the strategy outlined by the state Department of Environmental Quality include: testing the water in local schools and restaurants, as well as the constant testing of blood levels in Flint residents. “The mantra of our water system is ‘Safe, secure and reliable'”. Schuette, she said, is investigating “whether any MI laws were violated in the process that created the situation in Flint”.

The plan calls for four rounds of testing, each taking about two weeks, Creagh told the Detroit Free Press. The group that pushed to have Flint’s water tested in the first place says don’t send bottled water to Flint.

Creagh said he hoped “to be able to say something about the general health of the system come mid-April”, according to the paper.

Water resource sites have been set at the city’s fire stations to hand out water, filters and testing kits.

Costs related to the lead-tainted water crisis in Flint, Michigan, could pressure the state’s finances and derail recent efforts to build budget reserves, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said on Monday.

In the MI city of about 100,000, a state-appointed emergency manager ordered that the city begin drawing its drinking water in 2014 from the Flint River and treating it at the city water treatment plant as a cost-saving move.

The more acidic Flint River water corroded lead pipes, leaching the toxic metal into drinking water.

In an investigative report, cities throughout the state such as Grand Rapids, Jackson, Detroit, Saginaw, Muskegon, and Holland have seen higher cases of lead in children as far back as 2013.

In light of the attention toward water problems in Flint, the head of South Lyon’s water department said residents can “rest assured” their water is safe. So the vast majority of 93.7% were below 15 parts per billion.

“I knew who was bringing water but I didn’t know who was actually shipping it”, said W.I. Now, residents are forced to use bottled water and many are wondering what health issues they and their children will face in the years ahead.

Mark Durno is the on-scene coordinator for the Environmental Protection Agency in Flint.

Flint, Michigan is a city in crisis. But others have anxious about the impact of chlorine on residents’ health.

The EPA’s chlorine sampling effort involves testing Flint’s drinking water for the presence of chlorine, with a focus on locations that are more likely to have lower chlorine levels. It’s estimated that as many as 9,000 children were exposed to water with dangerously high lead levels, and the water is also suspected of contributing to an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease that killed 10 people.

Senate Democrats were introducing a measure to provide up to $400 million in new federal funding to replace and fix lead-contaminated pipes in Flint. Flint has reconnected to Detroit’s system for now.

1-4 ppb – 30.5%. But roughly 25,000 parcels have piping of an unknown origin.

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without the state’s Department of Environment Quality requiring the addition of chemicals to neutralize the lead in the Flint River water.

“We’re trying to address this to alleviate concerns among residents”, Ladner said.