Michigan city on edge as lead water crisis persists
BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Shortly after sunrise on a recent Saturday in Benton Harbor, Michigan, residents began lining up for free bottled water so they could drink and cook
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BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Shortly after sunrise on a recent Saturday in Benton Harbor, Michigan, residents began lining up for free bottled water so they could drink and cook
The water system in Benton Harbor, Michigan, has tested for elevated levels of lead for three consecutive years
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The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) has announced that Michigan’s Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) has produced helpful data to help accelerate the removal of lead from drinking water.
The threat itself is nothing new. It’s just newly known to the public, the result of a rule change that forced water suppliers to start looking harder for the neurotoxin in their water delivery systems starting in 2019.