Mapping Flint

Throughout the Flint Water Crisis, the State of Michigan took regular water samples from childcare centers, adult foster care, and health care facilities. Water samples showed that lead levels were still elevated at three large daycare centers in December 2017. Follow-up testing in 2018 showed just one water sample at one location with 93 ppb elevated lead levels.

“During the months of November and December 2017, the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (DLARA) flushed the plumbing lines at each of the large Flint daycare facilities to and the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) sampled each facility. Follow-up samples were taken at points where lead levels exceeded 15 parts per billion (ppb) and/or copper levels exceeded 1,300 ppb.”