Residents and businesses of flint michigan would be eligible for payments from a victim compensation fund under a 600 million preliminary settlement announced thursday of.
Flint michigan water 2020.
Under the agreement the city must find and remove flint s lead and galvanized steel water service lines by 2020.
The water crisis in flint michigan exposed major health and environmental concerns for residents and prompted new scrutiny of access to clean drinking water in the u s.
Five years ago lead seeped into the tap water in flint michigan while state and local officials said everything was fine.
The deal will resolve all legal actions against the state for its role in.
This weekend marks the sixth anniversary of the switch in flint s water system a switch that poisoned thousands and took lives.
Now the same doctor who proved something was wrong is taking the first.
Michigan will pay 600 million to compensate flint residents whose health was damaged in the city s lead water scandal.
Gretchen whitmer says an update is expected at the start of 2020 regarding a criminal investigation into the flint water crisis that was one of the worst man made environmental.
Annyjah gibson 11 waits for cars to pull up in a parking lot behind city hall in downtown flint as she helps distribute water in august 2019.
The state of michigan and other defendants have reached a 600 million settlement in the flint water crisis lawsuit that will provide hundreds of millions in payments to city residents.