Flint Water Supply
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captainmorgan
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10 people dead and countless children with permanent brain damage,these fuckers belong in prison not just out of office.
ttystikk
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Right? A whole city full of poisoned residents and somehow the only ones going to jail have nothing to do with it.
captainmorgan
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Schuette is in charge of the investigation for the state,what a joke.
captainmorgan
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And another good laugh, Schuette is also the one that will defend the state against the Flint lawsuit.
captainmorgan
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I can picture the headline from the findings of Schuette's investigation,it's the fault of the sick and dead for drinking the water.
Corso312
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ttystikk
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Great. Henhouse security position; Foxes accepted...
ttystikk
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Didn't hear about it. I'm on the Front Range, east of the Rockies. The Colorado River is a western slope drainage so it would not affect my water here.
ttystikk
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Isn't that a blatant conflict of interest?
ttystikk
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Rigged voting. You DO know that America is the only developed nation that doesn't allow UN poll monitors access to our voting system?
Corso312
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Didn't know that, not surprised though... I'm surprised you didn't hear about that River fiasco caused by the EPA . affected multiple states.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/08/12/epa-chief-seeks-damage-control-after-spill-of-toxic-waste-into-colorado-river/
abe supercro
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TheMan13
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Today the EPA is the equivalent of the 14th largest law firm in the world. What's the chance they will be held accountable in Flint just like they had in Colorado? If it were a corporation or a private citizen to blame for these water catastrophes rather than bureaucrats and politicians would all things be equal? Or would we have already witnessed the perp walks?
TheMan13
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Well there may be a puddle in your backyard that they will chose to regulate. Let us know how that works out for you LoL
My point was that in covering their own asses with millions of dollars in lawyers, the EPA will in turn provide the same regulatory cover for city and state officials responsible as well. Hope that someone will be held accountable seems futile. It's no different than the Justice Department holding itself accountable for the damages and efficacy of the Drug War, it's just not going to happen ...
oldtimer54
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I have over 25 years of experience in the water treatment business for my state.
It is required to monitor for lead and copper every 3 years. Your sampling is determined by the population of the service area. But what I found was the rules the state and the EPA use allow for manipulation of the results If you collect a sample that, has a high result you don't include that in the final report......you just find a sample that has a lower result to include in your report to what ever agency you're reporting to and it's all completely legal. Luckily the water system I worked at for all those years had no lead and copper issues. The lead and copper testing began late 80's when it was found that new homes being built during the 80's and 90's were using copper water pipes and lead solder in the construction of new homes. It was determined that the copper pipes and the high lead content solder that was used were beginning to leach out the lead and copper into their homes . Leading the local, state and federal agencies to institute testing and setting parameters for those contaminates . We called these monitoring parameters MCL's ( MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL ) Yes there are contaminates in your drinking water with allowable contaminates that the local water systems know are in your water but because the way the rules are written and enforced there isn't much that can be done to change the rules. The only thing that usually happens are the mcl's are decreased Which increases the cost of treating water. Which of course are passed on to the consumer. contaminates are being pumped out of every water treatment plant anywhere in the world to unsuspecting customers
And it's a shame .
I'm glad I have a well !
Time to put the soap box away !
It is required to monitor for lead and copper every 3 years. Your sampling is determined by the population of the service area. But what I found was the rules the state and the EPA use allow for manipulation of the results If you collect a sample that, has a high result you don't include that in the final report......you just find a sample that has a lower result to include in your report to what ever agency you're reporting to and it's all completely legal. Luckily the water system I worked at for all those years had no lead and copper issues. The lead and copper testing began late 80's when it was found that new homes being built during the 80's and 90's were using copper water pipes and lead solder in the construction of new homes. It was determined that the copper pipes and the high lead content solder that was used were beginning to leach out the lead and copper into their homes . Leading the local, state and federal agencies to institute testing and setting parameters for those contaminates . We called these monitoring parameters MCL's ( MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL ) Yes there are contaminates in your drinking water with allowable contaminates that the local water systems know are in your water but because the way the rules are written and enforced there isn't much that can be done to change the rules. The only thing that usually happens are the mcl's are decreased Which increases the cost of treating water. Which of course are passed on to the consumer. contaminates are being pumped out of every water treatment plant anywhere in the world to unsuspecting customers
And it's a shame .
I'm glad I have a well !
Time to put the soap box away !