The Flint Water Crisis: What's Really Going On? - American.
The Flint water crisis is a public health crisis that started in 2014, after the drinking water source for the city of Flint, Michigan was changed. In April 2014, Flint changed its water source from treated Detroit Water and Sewerage Department water (sourced from Lake Huron and the Detroit River) to the Flint River.The Flint City Council voted to switch water sources to the more economical Flint River, using an old system with deteriorating pipes and processes. After three boil-water advisories due to high bacteria levels, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) issued a governor's statement advising for water treatment to reduce the.When Flint’s water started smelling foul, tasting odd, turning orange and the children drinking it started to develop nasty skin rashes, there was clearly something terribly wrong. That was a mystery that only chemistry could solve. In the spring of 2014, large amounts of lead found their way into the water that some residents of Flint, Mich.
Flint’s tap water became contaminated with high lead levels after the city turned to the Flint River to supply its water in April 2014. When they switched, officials didn’t use a corrosion-control treatment to maintain the stability of rust layers (containing lead) inside service lines. Within a month of the switch, residents started to.Dear Flint Water Study. I hope you are well. I am writing from the DC office of a British news programme called Channel 4 News. We are planning to come to Flint next week to cover the latest in the effects of the switch in water supply that took place in 2014.
The chemistry behind Flint's water crisis. by American Chemical Society. When the city of Flint switched drinking water sources in 2014, it triggered a health emergency as startlingly high levels.
