EPA'ed by the worst and least qualified. Epaistocracy! ( my new made up word for today)

Even before Flint...hear any more about the Yellow river by epa daily.
Remember the mine they screwed up and it turned the Colorado yellow...no heads rolled by that I noticed.

I can attest to that. Flint was home to Buick and Chevrolet. Talk about prosperous - if you didn't own a late model car and a boat you were considered a charity case. It now looks like one step up from Tobacco Road.

They assess fines so as to feather the EPA nest. Its an agency feeding itself, not helping people.

I wouldn't say we don't need government, but we clearly don't need this. The agencies should be held accountable for their actions, or they should be eliminated or required to hire responsible private companies to perform necessary functions...which none of this water rights crap falls into the category of.

perfect proof, as you say, that government is organized
for self-preservation first and service to us, well,
somewhere along the way ... maybe. -- j
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There is a bigger story that needs to be told. Michigan was one of the top manufacturing centers of the world up until 1964. Then, in 1964, the state legislature turned Democrat with RINO governors for five decades. Republicans had controlled the state legislature for the previous 100 years. This is an important story and Flint is just one symptom. Democrats destroyed Michigan and are now destroying the entire United States of America.

ha ha epa fallout? you mean like the fallout with the gold king mine/san juan river in colorado? or maybe the standard mine in crested butte colorado? never happen.... only a lowly peon scapegoat possibly

The EPA, like all the other alphabet agencies is a waste of money and an excuse to further government power over its citizens.

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Living just enough, just enough for the city...

http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index...

"This is an important day for us as we break ground on this new project in the city of Flint," said Flint Mayor Dayne Walling. "The river is an invaluable asset."

"This is a tremendous step in the process of securing Flint's water future," Walling said.

"The plant, which is used as a backup water supply to Flint and Genesee County, will go from being used four times a year to year-round."

"When Wright started working at the plant 23 years ago, he was told they would be starting the process to no longer purchase water from Detroit. And now it's happening."

"We're finally doing it. And I get to see it," Wright said.

"Sam Muma, president of AFSCME Local 1600, said it's good to see the plant being used to its full potential and for the river to be utilized to its full potential."

"In all, the upgrades and further use of the water treatment plant will be a benefit to the community, Muma said."

"This is a good thing for the community. It will provide jobs," Muma said. "Anytime you can be self-sufficient is a good thing. Doing this should eventually decrease water rates for the residents in Flint."

"The long-term goal is to have more water efficiency and more cost savings in water rates."

"The hope is to also bring school children out to the plant to have educational tours."


“Water is an absolute vital service that most everyone takes for granted,” Walling said. “It’s a historic moment for the city of Flint to return to its roots and use our own river as our drinking water supply.”

“The Flint River is a different river than it was the last time we used it – that was pre-Clean Water Act,” Flint Utilities Director Daughtery Johnson told The Flint Journal last week, adding that the city made two years’ worth of improvements at the water plant in nine months. “It’s a great system. It’s a great asset the city has. Every drop we pull out, we’re going to clean and put right back in the river.”

http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index...


How about in March 2013...

“It’s a historic night in the City of Flint,” Walling said. “The savings will be less with the capacity level approved by city council because there will be increased treatment cost for the river water.”

"Flint’s water plant and the Flint River is currently the backup for Flint and Genesee County, however, the plant only operates four times per year."

"Mayor Dayne Walling said the Department of Environmental Quality must approve Flint’s getting 2 million gallons per day from the Flint River."

"Councilman Bryant Nolden was the lone dissenting vote." “It was a protest vote,” Nolden said. “I knew they had enough votes. I just feel like the Flint River is our best option.”

http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index...


“I agree that the river is harder to treat, but what we need to do is make investments in our own system at the treatment plant and on fixing the older pipes throughout Flint,” Walling said on Facebook. “Going back to Detroit and paying their premium is a very high-cost scenario. It’s a million dollars or more per month for Detroit water based on our past experience and what the [Genesee County] is paying now. This would only compound the water cost problem.”

http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index...

Water safety and supply, like food and education, is too important to entrust to the government — any government, federal or local. This simply not a proper function of government

I don't disagree with anything you've stated. And I hope you didn't think I was arguing as I was not. I was simply making a point for smaller government via my questions. :)

BTW, you are very correct it is a local issue, but as long as we are getting raped for these useless groups, they should do their jobs. They do claim to have control over water quality and drinking water, so by their own inept standard, it makes it their responsibility, which they did not, of course, do. :)

Exactly, double standard standards are the norm with these people...

Ed, your have the basics correct, we do not need more government. The EPA has been pursuing individual citizens under the Obamanation for his 7 years, going on private land and causing hate and discontent where ever they go, such as the case of the rancher who took a stream on his land, did some alterations to create a pond, added fish, all for his kids to be able to go fishing and see the wildlife that moved into it. They came, ordered him to remove it, and then sued him, he was up to 1.2 million in legal fees fighting it. They have a basic responsibility in their structure to monitor drinking water (as described in the story) and failed at that, but could go harass the hell out of a rancher in the middle of nowhere. The Flint thing is a poster child case of Democraps wanting to do what they wanted, and incompetent government people not knowing a thing about their jobs, for sure, and the EPA goobers are there to help the idiot children. Instead they are used as a political tool for national party politics, just like the IRS. Haven't seen any IRS people on trial yet, either. Must be related to HillaryBeast.

If it had been a private company, imagine the headlines about greed threatening public health.

My questions are why would the EPA be involved at all? Isn't this a local issue?

One of the reasons that our federal & state governments grow is because anytime something goes wrong people ask why didn't those governments do more to stop it. So then they do. Seems this needs to be handled by the locals. Kick everyone else out.