City of Flint Background-Draft
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- Brad Wurfel
Per our conversation, a quick correction: our history has it at May 2014.
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City of Flint Water System Background
Water Service Land Area 34 square miles
550+ miles of public water mains
250+ miles of water mains 75+ years old
70% of public water mains are unlined cast iron pipe
Service population 99,763
Service connections 32,900
Flint Water System established in 1883
Flint Water Treatment Plant #2 completed in 1954
Connection to Detroit Water and Sewerage Department 1967
Flint Water Treatment Plant #2 rehabilitated 1999 — 2005
City of Flint Timeline
December 2011 — Flint Emergency Financial Manager Appointed by Governor Snyder
April 2013 — Flint rejects DWSD contract and instead joins the Karegnondi Water Authority
April 2013 — DWSD sets termination of Flint water service contract to April 17, 2014
June 2013 — Karegnondi Water Authority groundbreaking
June 2013 ~ Flint Requests full time use of Flint Water Treatment Plant with Flint River
May 2014 — Flint stops purchasing DWSD. Starts using the City of Flint WTP and Flint River
August 2014 - Flint E.Coli Bacteria violation, Partial System Boil Water Advisory
August 2014 — Disinfection Byproducts, DEQ requests preemptive Operational Evaluation
September 2014 — Flint Total Coliform Bacteria violation, Partial System Boil Water Advisory
November 2014 — Disinfection Byproducts violation begins
January 2015 — 1* 6 month lead and copper sampling completed 100 samples, 90% = 6 ppb
April 2015 — Flint Financial Emergency Ends
July 2015 - 2" 6 month lead and copper sampling completed 69 samples, 90% = 11 ppb
August 2015 — Disinfection Byproducts return to compliance
August 2015 — Flint required by DEQ to recommend and install Optimized Corrosion Control Treatment
January 2016 — Flint plans to have Optimized Corrosion Control Treatment operational
July 2016 — Planned connection to Karegnondi Water Authority (Lake Huron water to Flint WTP)
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Stanton, Terry A. (T reasury)