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Flint Mayor Karen Weaver is set to announce Tuesday that city officials have excavated all of the lead and iron pipelines it targeted one year ahead of time in a city still stung by the aftermath ...
Flint, Michigan, lies about 70 miles from the shores of the largest group of fresh water bodies in the world: the Great Lakes. Yet its residents can’t get clean water from their taps. Nearly two ...
A view into Flint drinking water pipes, showing various types of iron corrosion and rust. Min Tang and Kelsey Pieper For decades, the pipes that brought water to LeAnne Walters’ house did their ...
A decade after lead-contaminated water was found in Flint's water system, the legal battle to replace lead water pipes is ...
Jan. 9, 2015: Concerned about Flint’s water warnings, University of Michigan’s Flint campus begins testing its water, detecting lead in isolated, infrequently used areas.
Decade After Water Crisis Began, Flint Has Replaced Most Lead Water Pipes Blavity China warned the Trump Administration that ...
Flint residents began complaining about discolored water they said was making them sick; by August 2014, E. coli pollution in the water led to on-again, off-again warnings to residents to boil ...
FLINT — Replacing 13 miles of water mains every year for the next 50 years. Repairing or replacing five dams. Switching out at least 2,000 lead service lines every year for five years.
After years of struggle, the city is closing in on replacing remaining lead lines — offering lessons for other communities ...
Flint River water is 19 times more corrosive than Lake Huron’s. And corrosive river water improperly filtered, as Flint’s is, will strip everything it touches of iron and other debris as it ...
The water crisis in Flint, Michigan, unfolded in 2014, when a state-appointed emergency manager decided to switch the city’s drinking-water source from Lake Huron to the Flint River.
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, where cost-cutting measures led to tainted drinking water that contained lead and other toxins. Facts Flint ...