Flint City Council postpones $1.6 million request from company monitoring water line replacement
Flint, MI— Flint City Council postponed a $1.65 million change order with Rowe Professional Services to monitor service line replacement during a committee meeting on Wednesday, March 23, 2024. Multiple council members said they received conflicting information from Rowe and the Flint city administration about the number of water lines that needed to be replaced…
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Company ends water donations, Flint residents advised to continue using filters
Flint, MI–BlueTriton Brands, Inc., a Connecticut-based company that has donated bottled water to Flint residents since 2018, ended its weekly donations on Dec. 31, 2022. According to a Jan. 13 press release from the City of Flint, BlueTriton provided 100,000 bottles of water per week since 2018, and the donations served approximately 3,000 people per…
GLWA commits $1.5 million to support income-based water bill assistance program in Flint
Flint, MI—The Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) Board of Directors recently approved more than $1.5 million in additional program funding for Flint, helping bolster a new income-based water bill assistance plan to better meet residents’ needs. The funding comes by way of the Water Residential Assistance Program (WRAP), a two-year program that provides assistance to…
Flint water crisis charges dropped against former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder
A Genesee County judge has ordered criminal charges dismissed against former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder in connection with the Flint water crisis, according to a Bridge Magazine article. It’s the latest in a spate of dismissals after the Michigan Supreme Court ruled in June that Michigan improperly relied on a one-person grand jury to bring…
Flint tentatively agrees to provide weekly updates on lead service line project
Flint, MI–After pushing back the deadline for its lead service line replacement project several times, the City of Flint has tentatively agreed to meet an Aug. 1, 2023 target date and provide weekly updates on the project’s excavation and replacement work. According to court documents, these requirements were presented in a Nov. 1 motion regarding…
Funding secured, Flint extends deadline for water service line replacements
Flint, MI–Given a recent funding extension from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Flint residents can continue to request free replacements of their lead water service lines. The city originally agreed to have the water service line replacement project completed by the end of 2019 per a settlement agreement between Concerned Pastors for Local Action,…
Officials say Flint Schools’ water stations continue to provide safe drinking water
Flint, MI—Testing shows that Flint Community Schools’ lead-filtering hydration stations are functioning well, offering students and staff clean drinking water, officials say. Dr. Laura Sullivan, a mechanical engineering professor at Kettering University who led the filter installation project, assured the community that water from the district’s hydration stations is safe to drink during a Flint…
