Replacing 15,000 lead pipes is a usually approach that residents of Flint, Michigan can feel protected again in a arise of a sinister H2O scandal, a U.S. city’s mayor pronounced Tuesday.
Weaver pronounced crews could start pulling out pipes within a month if she is means to secure a $55 million indispensable to reinstate 550 miles (885 kilometers) of aging, corroded lead pipes with new copper pipes.
That simply won’t work for Flint, Weaver said.
He told reporters Tuesday that a former prosecutors and FBI agents heading a review will establish if any laws were broken.
They will also be questioning either a tainted H2O could be blamed for any deaths, that could lead to contingent carnage charges, special prosecutor Todd Flood said.
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