Michigan is expected to pay Flint residents $600 million to resolve civil claims from the city’s lead-tainted drinking water crisis
The state of Michigan is expected to announce a settlement this week to pay residents of Flint $600 million to resolve civil injury claims from the city’sThe water crisis that hit the city of nearly 100,000 in 2015 raised awareness about the hazards of. Flint’s problems were eventually found to have been created when officials appointed by the state switched the city’s water source as a cost-saving measure in April 2014.
When the city failed to treat the water properly, old pipes from water mains to people’s homes leached lead into tap water. Tests eventually showed that the percentage of children citywide with elevated blood lead levels roughly doubled to 4.9% from 2.4% after the city changed its drinking-water source.
Tens of thousands of other Flint residents are also expected to be eligible to receive money from the settlement, according to the person familiar with the plan.
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