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philh
May 20, 2019Explorer II
SE MI Resident here...
Flint's water issue is pretty complicated, and there was plenty of blame to go around. Short story, Flint's contract with Detroit water system was up. They wanted a 1 year extension until they could connect to a new regional water source. Detroit said no, 20 year contract or nothing. Flint had mothballed their system decades ago, and fired it up. There was a key element that Detroit added to the system to keep lead from leaching out from Flints old water pipes. Flint failed to add that chemical.
There are a lot of stories of who knew how much, but the Governor was cleared in the investigation.
Flint's water issue is pretty complicated, and there was plenty of blame to go around. Short story, Flint's contract with Detroit water system was up. They wanted a 1 year extension until they could connect to a new regional water source. Detroit said no, 20 year contract or nothing. Flint had mothballed their system decades ago, and fired it up. There was a key element that Detroit added to the system to keep lead from leaching out from Flints old water pipes. Flint failed to add that chemical.
There are a lot of stories of who knew how much, but the Governor was cleared in the investigation.
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