LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy are launching a new website to keep Michiganders informed and protect them from lead in drinking water.
It’s all part of Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s updates to Michigan’s Safe Drinking Water Act that will implement new water sampling rules and have the goal of removing all lead service lines in Michigan.
The website, MI Lead Safe, will provide lead and copper data results for communities, up-to-date information, and even several drinking water town halls next month that will be livestreamed on the website.
In a statement, Michigan Environmental Council Energy Policy and Legislative Affairs Director Charlotte Jameson wrote:
“This public awareness campaign is critical to ensure the effective implementation of Michigan’s strongest-in-the-nation drinking water protections against lead contamination. We thank Governor Whitmer for undertaking this important effort to arm Michiganders with the information they need to understand what water quality sampling results mean for them and their communities. While the more accurate sampling system under the new Lead and Copper Rule could reveal higher lead levels in water systems across the state, they do not indicate a change or worsening of drinking water quality. Accurate samples are evidence of our strengthened protections working as intended and ensuring that our water systems and our state and local governments have the quality information needed to protect public health from lead in drinking water.”
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(copy written by Will Kriss)
