Showing posts with label Flint. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Flint. Show all posts

Sunday, March 05, 2017

Flint mayor: City needs 2 years before it can treat its own water

Flint has been mired in a devastating water crisis for nearly three years, and it may be another two before it's resolved.

Mayor Karen Weaver wrote to EPA officials earlier this week to inform them that the Michigan city will not be able to treat its own water for lead and other contaminants until 2019, citing a lengthy construction and testing process for a new water treatment plant.

"To expedite completion of the project and minimize cost, a design/build project delivery method is proposed," Weaver wrote. "Based on this approach, an August, 2019, completion date is anticipated for the treatment plant improvements."

In 2014, officials implemented a cost-cutting plan to switch the city's water source from Lake Huron to the Flint River, which is 19 times more corrosive, according to researchers from Virginia Tech. That caused lead to leach from pipes and into the city's drinking water.

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Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Trump in Flint: Black pastor shuts Trump down when his speech gets political

Donald Trump sure does seem to be having a lot of trouble with black women in Flint Michigan. First Mayor Karen Weaver let him know that he was less than welcome and then another black woman had to put him in his place when he gave a speech that got to political in a black church. George L. Cook III AfricanAmericanReports.Com

During his extended photo op in Flint Michigan Donald Trump took the time to visit and speak at a black church, Bethel United Methodist. During his speech he made the mistake of getting political and the church's pastor, Rev. Faith Green Timmons shut him down quick by reminding him that he there to address the Flint water crises. Watch that moment below.

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Task Force: Michigan state officials accountable in Flint water crisis

A task force appointed by Michigan’s governor said on Wednesday state officials showed stubbornness, lack of preparation, delay and inaction in failing to prevent a health crisis in the city of Flint caused by lead contamination in the drinking water.

There were failures on all levels of government, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a report from the task force said. However, the report highlighted failures of state agencies, especially the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), and said the state was "fundamentally accountable" for what happened.

"It was a mixture of ignorance, incompetence and arrogance by many decision makers that created the toxic and tragic situation," Chris Kolb, task force co-chair and president of the Michigan Environmental Council, a coalition of non-profit groups, said at a press conference in Flint.

Read more: Michigan state officials accountable in Flint water crisis: inquiry

Thursday, March 17, 2016

VIDEO: Congressional hearings on Flint water Crisis

Michigan Governor Rick Snyder called the water crisis in Flint a "failure of government at all levels" during his testimony at a hearing before Congress on Thursday. The people of Flint, including more than 8,000 children, were exposed to lead for more than a year before the tap water contamination was uncovered by citizen activists. Watch the full hearing with Gov. Snyder below.