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If it takes a private corporation to fix the contaminated water problem in Flint, it's an utter disgrace and a pathetic failing of federal, state and municipal
by echlebek 8y ago
If it takes a private corporation to fix the contaminated water problem in Flint, it's an utter disgrace and a pathetic failing of federal, state and municipal government. It's hard to understand how such abject failure can be allowed to continue.
- exotree 8y agoA lot of people would consider this a positive and obvious outcome. (For the record, I do not.)
- lgas 8y agoYou don't consider it positive or you don't consider it obvious (or both)? ...and why not?
- colordrops 8y agoSeems like a private individual rather than a corporation. But your point still stands.
- smt88 8y agoIn the article, Musk says most houses in Flint have safe water. He doesn't propose a corporation fixing the water as an alternative to government, but rather using his own money to buy whole-home filters for the (according to him) small minority of families whose water still isn't considered safe.
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- maxerickson 8y agoHe's only offered to fix the lines for houses that test above the Federal limit. There's 14,000 houses with lead service lines, there's very few that are testing above the Federal limit. A quiet grant to accelerate the plans to replace all the lead service lines would accomplish more than offering to fix a small number of the worst ones. Those houses will likely be first in line for replacement by government programs.