美国EPA已授予密歇根州弗林特（Flint）1亿美元，以改善其饮用水基础设施，这是去年国会批准的水基础设施法案的一部分。

The money, a grant through the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, was announced March 17 and will be matched by $20 million in state funds. Of the total $120 million, $55.5 million will be made available for service line replacement, distribution and transmission improvements and corrosion control studies. The remaining $68.5 million for meter replacement and water treatment plant improvements is conditional upon the state’s completion of its application for the projects.

最近，弗林特市接受了竞标，以替换今年的6,000条潜在客户服务线。关于800 lines have been replaced so far, and a total of 29,100 lines may need to be replaced following corrosive river water that allowed lead to leach from the city’s water pipes in 2014. The cost for replacing all the lines is expected to cost between $200 million and $400 million.

In a separate but related action, Michigan and Flint will be required to spend $97 million to replace Flint’s lead and galvanized iron pipes at no cost to the citizens under a legal settlement approved by a federal judge on March 28. The agreement, the result of a lawsuit brought by citizens and groups in Flint, will require the state to pay $47 million toward the replacements, with the remainder of the money coming from federal sources. The city must replace at least 18,000 pipes by 2020.

根据协议，该州还将挨家挨户检查水过滤器状态。按照原告的要求，和解协议不需要挨家挨户的瓶装水运送，但确实要求至少至9月1日在分销中心提供瓶装水。