Health officials are urging Flint, Michigan, residents to continue to use faucet filters certified to remove lead until the residential lead service line replacement is completed.
The city is offering free water filter units, replacement cartridges and water testing kits for Flint residents for pick up at City Hall or for delivery by the Office of Public Health.
The state is required to fund water filters for one year following the completion of the lead service line replacement project, which has been ongoing since 2016."More than 95% of lead pipes in Flint have been replaced, and we will continue the work until the job is done," Flint Mayor Sheldon Neeley said in a recent statement on the water filters. "I will work with anyone who is committed to making that happen.
The city received an extension and funding from the Environmental Protection Agency for the remaining 5% ofIn 2014, Michigan switched the city's water supply to the Flint River. The water source was switched back to Lake Huron in 2015 but according to the Michigan Department of Attorney General, "the damage had been done."
Highly toxic levels of lead were discovered in the water and outbreaks of Legionnaires' disease coincided with the switch, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, prompting a state of emergency declaration in 2016.
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