Official: Michigan Should Have Required Flint To Treat Water

Keith Creagh, director of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, said state officials "relied on technical compliance (with the law) instead of assuring safe drinking water." In prepared testimony for a congressional hearing Wednesday, Creagh said the state did not require corrosion treatment after officials noticed elevated lead levels in the city's water in January 2015. City officials did not follow proper protocol in conducting lead sampling of homes, he said, and the U.S.

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