Michigan House to take up $30M to cover Flint water bills

Feb 22, 2016, 13:35

Activists expressed outrage about last year's water bills in Flint, which is 57% black and 41% impoverished. The money will be shared by Hamilton Community Health Network and Genesee Health System to hire more people and provide additional services. As our readers, and indeed the whole country, are aware, the people of Flint, Michigan, have been exposed to high levels of lead in their water as a result of decisions made to cut costs in sourcing the water.

Further, McCormick added testing for lead and copper occurs within the more than 125 communities served by the water authority and no community serviced by the water authority, formerly the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department, has reported any lead issues.

Some Democrats say the state should pay for more than 65 percent of residents' bills. It's money that could be put to use within the next 30 days. He said that the ultimate aim is replacing the old pipes but there is requirement of study to trace them and to prioritize the ones which need replacement first.

An extra $2 million is set aside to help replace the lead pipes in Flint.

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"I do have some concerns about how fast you do it", Snyder said during a news conference at Rowe Professional Services, the Flint company retained Tuesday to do the analysis, which will include the replacement of 30 service lines by mid-March. It won approval from the Senate almost two weeks ago.

A recent Gallop poll showed that 55% of Americans expressed that they worry "a great deal" about polluted drinking water. Mary Lawston, a retired widow, said that she still struggles to pay between $172 and $214 a month for water she and her grandchildren can't use.

If consumed, lead can cause developmental delays and learning disabilities.

Officials still haven't been able guarantee that Flint's water is safe to drink, a predicament that dates to 2014, when the city - under the leadership of a Snyder-appointed fiscal manager - began drawing water from the Flint River. Dykehouse used white paint that's made with lead in the painting as a permanent reminder of children affected in Flint.

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That hesitancy by lenders could eventually lead to a stop on all new financing for Flint home sales, and cause houses within the city to be unsellable. "What's going on?" Washington said.

In July 2011, the engineering firm Rowe completed a report titled "Analysis of the Flint River as a Permanent Water Supply for the City of Flint", for then-Mayor Dayne Walling. He's faced criticism and protests, but has said he's focusing on resolving Flint's crisis.

The study also found Flint residents were paying more than twice as much as the average MI resident that received water from a public provider.

Burwell plans to tour a health center and meet with local leaders.

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A state House committee has OK'd an emergency spending measure to help Flint residents with a portion of their water bills.