Flint Water Crisis

The Environmental Protection Agency's documents related to Flint drinking water.

The State of Michigan's Flint Water Advisory Task Force's final report to Gov. Snyder on their findings and recommendations regarding the Flint Water Crisis. Published March 21, 2016.

An independent research team from Virginia Tech (VT) volunteering time, resources and expertise to help resolve scientific uncertainties associated with drinking water issues being reported in the City of Flint, MI.

A 2018 report from the Network for Public Health Law, the University of Michigan School of Public Health, and the de Beaumont Foundation details how failures in the legal structure of public health, safe drinking water, and emergency manager laws failed to mitigate the Flint water crisis. Along with key findings, the report provides recommendations to help prevent similar crises from happening in other communities.

A map of all known locations of lead pipes in Flint, MI. Compiled by the UM-Flint GIS Center.

Michigan’s nonpartisan, nonprofit news source

Content of the Flint Journal, from Access World News.

Background pieces as well as ongoing events.

Michigan Environment Watch examines how public policy, industry, and other factors interact with the state’s trove of natural resources.

Find witness statements, submitted reports, and transcripts from the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Health and Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy's (both under the Committee on Energy and Commerce) joint hear on the Flint Water Crisis.

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From Illinois Environmental Council. New law requires replacement of lead lines, prompts calls for federal funds from Congress

Before it was banned in 1987, lead was commonly used to make plumbing materials such as pipes, solder, and a variety of brass pipes, fixtures, and fittings. Lead from these plumbing materials can enter drinking water because of corrosion or wearing away of the metal. The most significant contributor to lead contamination in drinking water is lead water pipes called service lines that connect homes or buildings to the public water supply.

Effective January 1, 2022, the Lead Service Line Replacement and Notification Act (LSLRNA) (Public Act 102-0613) replaced the former lead materials inventory requirements found in the Illinois Environmental Protection Act at 415 ILCS 5/17.11.

From the Illinois Department of Public Health. Under Public Act 099-0922 which took effect in 2017, community water supplies in Illinois have been required to submit annual service line material inventories to IEPA. In 2019, community water supplies in Illinois reported 677,359 known lead service lines currently connected to Illinois water systems.