Monthly Archive:: February 2016

The UM-Flint Innovation Incubator will participate in the Flint Small Business Assistance Forum this Thursday, Feb. 18 from 5-7 pm. With encouragement from Washington and Lansing, the Flint and Genesee Chamber and Michigan Small Business Development Center are convening organizations this Thursday evening. The groups will provide information about assistance available to City of Flint …

Thank you for your commitment to improving government in Flint through helping review the City of Flint Charter! The Charter Review Commission will be having a follow up meeting on form of Government on Thursday, February 18th from 5:30 – 7:30 pm at the Flint Public Library (main branch) 1026 E Kearsley St, Flint, MI. …

Are you as outraged as I am at the tragic poisoning of the entire city of Flint? The residents of Flint have struggled, for more than a year, not only for their basic human right to clean water, but against the indifference, incompetence, and inaction of the officials who were supposed to ensure the health and …

February 12, 2016 (Flint) – With the Feb. 9th water main break repaired and successful back-to-back bacteria tests completed, the City of Flint lifted its boil water advisory today. Affected residents no longer need to boil their filtered water because testing did not reveal any bacteria during or after the repair of the water main …

February 10, 2016 (Flint, MI) — Flint Mayor Karen Weaver today said she appreciates Gov. Rick Snyder’s proposal to earmark $25 million for lead pipe removal in the city through a supplemental appropriation for 2016 but, Mayor Weaver noted it still falls short of the estimated $55 million it will cost to remove all lead …

Here is performance sheet for the Aquasana water filter. Based on their performance information fact sheet this one meets the standards suggested for lead removal. Aquasana water filter data (PDF)

Good Afternoon, I am a writer with Lansing-based environmental news outlet Great Lakes Echo.  I was looking to do a story of what it’s actually like to live in Flint during the water crisis and what life is like when you don’t trust your tap water. I was wondering if you had any contacts of …