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Water pipeline replacement resumes as coronavirus restrictions ease

6/2/2020

 
East Village Magazine
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By Jan Worth-Nelson

The City of Flint announced Tuesday that water pipeline replacement,  paused the last two months by the coronavirus lockdowns, will resume this week.

When work stopped in March, 9,554 lead or galvanized pipes had been replaced, part of the city’s infrastructure recovery from the water crisis triggered in 2014 when the lack of corrosion control in the pipes from Flint River water unleashed lead from old pipes into the bodies of Flint residents.  What happened to the city, under state takeover at the time, was labeled a national disgrace in what some  called the worst human-made environmental disaster of our lifetimes.
A total of 25,409 pipes have been excavated in the water pipeline work, with 15,526 discovered to be copper lines not needing replacement.

The work, funded by $100 million from the federal Water Infrastructure Improvement for the Nation (WIIN) fund, originally was scheduled to be completed by 2019, but “fell behind schedule during the previous administration,”  of former Mayor Karen Weaver,  and because of the COVID-shutdowns, according to the city’s press release.   Weaver was defeated in 2019 by Sheldon Neeley.

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    • Coordinating Replacement
  • Policies
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    • Helping Consumers
    • Requiring LSL Replacement
    • Engaging other Programs
    • Risk Communication Improvement
  • Resources
    • Intro to LSL Replacement
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