Michigan Fights Order to Deliver Bottled Water to Flint Residents After Lead Poisoning Disaster

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Governor Snyder’s office is challenging a federal court order requiring the state to delivered bottled water to every Flint resident without a water filter.

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Source: Detroit News

A federal court order requiring Michigan and Flint to deliver bottled water to all city residents without a verified filter at their home places is unnecessary and places an “insurmountable” burden on state government, the Snyder administration argued in a motion seeking relief.

Snyder officials argued the court order would require a “Herculean effort” equivalent to a large-scale military operation and cost the state at least $10.45 million a month, or $125 million annually. For about a year, Flint’s residents have been advised against drinking their tap water without a filter due to dangerously high lead levels.

Attorneys for Michigan Treasurer Nick Khouri and the Flint Receivership Transition Advisory Board on Thursday asked U.S. Circuit Judge David M. Lawson to “stay” his order from last week while the state prepares an appeal.

In a 37-page opinion, Lawson ordered home delivery of four cases of water per resident…

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