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The public water and sewerage is a public owned agency of county government. Revenues come from bond money from municipal bonds that the voters have to approve and the proceeds of water and sewerage bills.
If the state or the federal government ordered the replacement of the old pipes with lead contamination someone has to pay for them. Even if there is a federal grant to do this taxes (nationally) pay for this.
The bigger issue is that the same problem exists in many other cities -- crisis just has not come to them yet. So, this is an infrastructure time bomb hidden underground.
What good is a *safe* Iraq supported by US military might when US Americans drink water that is unsafe? As a nation, the USA has to rethink its priorities. In that aspect -- it should be America First. You cannot send and armada of navy ships to fix the problems of US cities ...
I just paid $4,800 not to have to deal with this stupidity -- put in a new water well. I am in the same county as Flint but my property is worth 10 times what it would be worth in the City of Flint. One reason is you can drink the water here. The water district has a main in the road out front but I am not tapped in -- the poison flows down the street. People are not paying their water bill in Flint because the water is not fit for the use intended -- you cannot drink it from the tap and it is advised not to bathe infants and small children in it -- why would you pay for it?
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