Awareness of antiquated drinking-water systems’ potential to fail on a number of levels is at an all-time high as critics excoriate the Michigan Dept. of Environmental Quality, state Gov. Rick Snyder (R) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for their roles in the devastating water crisis in Flint, Mich.
A report completed last March for Flint, Mich.’s emergency manager contained recommendations to inhibit pipe corrosion, which has been blamed for high levels of lead in the city’s water supply.
We’ve just witnessed a massive public health disaster in which the residents of Flint, Mich., including every one of 8,000 children, have been exposed to lead in the city’s drinking water.
The city of Flint and Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) are scrambling to address a drinking-water-supply crisis that went on for months before local officials admitted lead levels in the water were dangerously high.