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State Urges Water Tests At Flint Homes, Businesses, Schools

2015-11-10 17:32:27| Waste Management - Topix.net

The results of water tests at several hundred buildings in Flint indicate that drinking water at all homes, businesses and schools needs to be tested for possible lead contamination, state officials said. The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality said tests from nearly 400 homes and businesses as well as comprehensive results from Freeman Elementary School indicate problems with lead are localized to individual buildings or even individual faucets.

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State begins extensive testing of water, plumbing inside Flint Community Schools

2015-10-25 09:24:30| Waste Management - Topix.net

It comes after Governor Rick Snyder's visit to Flint, earlier this month, when the state said several buildings had high lead levels. "The water that left the Flint Water Treatment Plant was non-detect for lead," said Karen Tommasulo, a spokesperson for the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality .

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DEQ chief says state used wrong federal water rules in Flint for 17 months

2015-10-19 16:16:26| Waste Management - Topix.net

The city used the wrong federal standards to treat Flint River water for 17 months, the state's chief environmental officer now says Dan Wyant, director of the state Department of Environmental Quality, said DEQ officials were confused on federal regulations that required the city to make Flint River water less corrosive. Wyant acknowledged the mistake in oversight by his office in a statement issued to The Flint Journal-MLive today, Oct. 19. The lack of treatment of Flint River water to make it less corrosive has contributed to increasing amounts of lead leaching into the city's water supply since April 2014, according to researchers from Virginia Tech university.

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State Officials To Detail Flint Drinking Water Action Plan

2015-10-02 13:31:21| Waste Management - Topix.net

Representatives from Gov. Rick Snyder's office and the departments of Environmental Quality and Health and Human Services will give details of plan Friday at Kettering University in Flint. Genesee County commissioners on Thursday declared a public health emergency for residents using water from the Flint River through the city's water system.

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