Advocates Pursue Flint SDWA Suit As EPA, Michigan Clash On Oversight

January 27, 2016
Environmentalists are pursuing a Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) suit against city and state officials over the drinking water crisis in Flint, MI, that seeks stricter drinking water monitoring and treatment, while the agency and Michigan clash over EPA's power to issue a SDWA order to force some of the actions sought by the suit. While the lawsuit filed Jan. 27 by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), other advocacy groups and Flint residents focuses...


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