Post by Logan on Feb 17, 2016 2:53:52 GMT -6
Work is underway to replace high-risk lead service lines in Flint in an effort to improve the city’s water quality and remedy widespread lead contamination, state officials announced Tuesday.
“We’re committed to the people of Flint, and the top priority is ensuring people have access to safe water,” Snyder said in a statement Tuesday. “We need to make sure people will be able to once again turn on the tap and be able to use what comes from it. We’re immediately targeting high-risk, high-hazard homes to help those families.”
There are an estimated 35,000 homes and businesses in Flint with lead service lines, according to the Governor’s Office. The state said it made an agreement Tuesday with Rowe Professional Services, a Flint-based engineering firm, to update a recent analysis of the city’s water pipes.
“We need to find out which of the city’s pipes are made of lead and have lead soldering, and are the most critical to address immediately,” Snyder said. “We’re hiring Flint residents and training them to assist with that process, working together to make the community safer.”
Read more: www.detroitnews.com/story/news/michigan/flint-water-crisis/2016/02/16/lead-water-pipe-replacement-flint/80478866/
“We’re committed to the people of Flint, and the top priority is ensuring people have access to safe water,” Snyder said in a statement Tuesday. “We need to make sure people will be able to once again turn on the tap and be able to use what comes from it. We’re immediately targeting high-risk, high-hazard homes to help those families.”
There are an estimated 35,000 homes and businesses in Flint with lead service lines, according to the Governor’s Office. The state said it made an agreement Tuesday with Rowe Professional Services, a Flint-based engineering firm, to update a recent analysis of the city’s water pipes.
“We need to find out which of the city’s pipes are made of lead and have lead soldering, and are the most critical to address immediately,” Snyder said. “We’re hiring Flint residents and training them to assist with that process, working together to make the community safer.”
Read more: www.detroitnews.com/story/news/michigan/flint-water-crisis/2016/02/16/lead-water-pipe-replacement-flint/80478866/