Yes, that is the point. Now the pipes are corroded ( a point I'll make in a
post relative to Michael Moore's comments). Bottom line is in the next year
or so as planned there will be a new water system coming from Lake Huron to
the east, but the plumbing coming into institutional settings and homes is
now corrupted. It is not the source of water at play here but a cliterally,
corroded infrastructure.
So now, from this one report alone estimates are that it would cost about
$1.5 billion to replace that interfacing plumbing in to residences and
institutional settings.
Now, as a short term "fix" (in quotations heavy metals including lead can be
filterred in the home or setting. But, that is difficult and includes
getting devices and filters in to the hands of people.
I'm not a big fan of the police but must comend our County Sheriff who has
taken it upon himself to start to deliver both drinking water and filters to
residents of Flint.
That is good community policing.
I'm trying to work out angles as I write to inform people with disabilities
who are blind and others of resources.
BTW I personally am out of harms way here in nearby Genesee Township. We
have well water and we drilled a new well about two years ago. The water is
fresh and clean. but I'm only three iles from the Flint city water system
and have many brothers and sisters who are and have been poisoned for now
more thaan one year with numerous, long term consequences.
Some might ask, "Why do you care then?" I mean they are just a bunch of"Poor
white trash, negroes, and Mexicans" (note quotations on terms) living there
anyways. Right?
I am being sardonic, sarcastic, and not the least satirical here btw.
For actually the center city of Flint is under major redevelopment, not
unlike Detroit. And it is full of a college corridor and even high priced
lofts. But there is a wring of poverty around the doughnut that extends
almost to where I currently live in a devolving suburban area.
Regardless, those preppies and students and millenials are drinking and
bathing in the same water!
Thaanks to our corporativist Governator.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Miriam Vieni" <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, January 08, 2016 12:02 PM
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: 1.5 billion just to replace pipes
So, in the meantime, while they're deciding, what is happening to all those
children who are still being forced to drink tainted water? Because, even if
they switched back to the Detroit water system, Flint's water pipes are
already damaged and I assume that the water has to go through them and
will, therefore, be corrupted.
Miriam
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Governor, Flint mayor meet to talk about water crisis, cooperation
By
Rick Pluta
. 15 hours ago
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Flint Mayor Karen Weaver and Gov. Snyder
Credit Gov. Rick Snyder
Governor Rick Snyder and Flint Mayor Karen Weaver met today to discuss the
city's water crisis, and the state's role in solving a problem it helped
create.
State-appointed emergency managers decided to save money by using the Flint
River for drinking water damaged pipes. That move damaged pipes and caused
lead
to leach into the water.
Following the meeting, Governor Snyder publicly apologized for a second time
for the state's role in Flint's water crisis.
"We want to work closely together to earn the trust of the people of Flint,"
he said.
Flint's mayor says it might cost as much as $1.5 billion to fix and replace
the city's old pipes.
Governor Snyder said it's too early to say how much that might cost, or how
much might be paid by the state.
But Weaver said today's meeting was a good start.
"We're working together to move things forward, and we're going to be
putting some things in place. And this is good," she said. This is a great
day for
the citizens of Flint, and I know they're excited to hear this news."
Source:
http://michiganradio.org/post/governor-flint-mayor-meet-talk-about-water-cri
sis-cooperation
