Gov. Rick Snyder (file photo)
Gov. Rick Snyder, who has caught hell for the Flint water disaster, is now trying to recast himself as the governor who made Michigan's drinking water extra safe.
Snyder is planning to implement tough safety standards for water systems in the state by 2020, reports Jonathan Oosting and Michael Gerstein of the Detroit News.
The News reports:
Nearly 380,000 Michigan residents get their water from systems that would fail to meet a tough new lead-safety standard proposed by Gov. Rick Snyder, including those in Monroe, Bay City, Benton Harbor and Holland Township.
More than three dozen public water systems currently have tested lead levels exceeding the safety threshold Snyder plans to implement by 2020, which would be the nation’s most stringent standard. The Snyder administration has not yet specified what corrective action the communities would need to take.
Most are small systems with few customers — well water at condominiums, trailer parks and retirement communities, for instance — but others have much larger footprints.
