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Audit faults state regulators in Flint crisis

2016-03-04 17:53:06| Waste Management - Topix.net

Auditors say Michigan's Department of Environmental Quality made crucial errors when overseeing a switch in water sources for the city of Flint that resulted in a lead contamination crisis. A state auditor general's report released Friday says department staff failed to require Flint to treat its water with anti-corrosive chemicals when it began drawing from the Flint River in April 2014.

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