And like I already said, the last census...which is what gives you the population size, Flint has 102,000 people. Hence at least 50 samples needed to be taken to satisfy the lead and copper rule.
This comparison you make comparing Flint to other cities—u have surprisingly similar talking points to Edwards in this thread—is absurd. Other cities didn’t have untreated water serving as acid to unload lead and a slew of other heavy metals and bacteria. There is no comparison
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Furthermore, if you studied up a little on engineering—service lines are only half the picture. Residents INTERIOR PLUMBING was destroyed as well. Those are not being replaced. So you’re basically delivering from water from new service lines into badly corroded interior pipes
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I just tasted water from one residents tap who has a brand new service lines. It tasted VILE. Giving you benefit of the doubt, you may very well care about the residents of Flint. But relying on talking points from heavily funded officials and EPA talking points...
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