Flint water crisis

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The Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a last-chance effort to revive criminal charges against seven people in the Flint water scandal, waving away an appeal by prosecutors who have desperately tried to get around a 2022 decision that gutted the cases.

The latest twice-a-year check of Flint’s water pipes shows drinking water is safe and the city is close to reaching a goal of replacing all lead service lines.

The deadline is part of a settlement of lawsuit brought by Flint residents.

Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam (LAN), an engineering firm, was sued for some responsibility for Flint’s lead-contaminated water. It agreed to settlement with Flint residents.

The contempt motion is linked to the city’s years-long project to replace lead pipes.

“The City of Flint’s ongoing failures to finish the job it committed to in 2017 are causing new harms to the Flint community," said Sarah Tallman, a senior attorney with the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Former Flint public works director Howard Croft was among nine former government officials indicted by a one-judge grand jury as part of a state investigation.

The Lead and Copper Drinking Water Rule Revision governing lead in drinking water underwent a major revision after the Flint water crisis.

Media coverage of the Flint water crisis often included pictures of the city’s 70-year-old water tower.