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Re:Flint, MI: So much lead in children’s blood, state of eme... by maxerickson on Tuesday December 15, 2015 @12:37PM (#10739076)
They are constructing a supply that will tap Lake Huron.

Lakes Superior, Michigan and Huron are not especially polluted. The little inland lakes vary, but they end up having a lot of trouble with residential inputs (fertilizer runoff and (historically) sewage).

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Re:Flint, MI: So much lead in children’s blood, state of eme... by kdevrou on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @06:55PM (#10748396)
They already had a supply from Huron before. They disconnected from it about a year ago. Now they are hooked back up to Huron but much of the damage has already been done.
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Re:Flint, MI: So much lead in children’s blood, state of eme... by maxerickson on Thursday December 17, 2015 @05:23PM (#10755032)
They switched away from and back to Detroit as a water supplier. The switch to drawing water from Huron is in progress:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karegnondi_Water_Authority

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