The ocean is getting more corrosive closer to shore decades earlier than anyone expected, in large part because of the carbon dioxide being pumped into the air by human activities, new research shows.

Veolia North America and Lockwood, Andrews & Newman, known as LAN, were accused of not doing enough to get Flint to treat the highly corrosive water or to urge a return to a regional water supplier.

For more than a year, the water flowing through the pipes under the city of Flint, Michigan, was coming from the Flint River. The corrosive water was not treated properly to prevent the decades ...

The corrosive water caused lead to leach from old plumbing. Others dismissed include former Department of Environmental Quality Director Dan Wyant and ex-Flint Mayor Dayne Walling.

Corrosive groundwater, if untreated, could cause lead contamination in drinking water, especially in homes with lead pipes, said Ken Belitz of the U.S. Geological Survey, which conducted the study.

FLINT, MI – State officials say there was a “dramatic drop” in the level of lead in Flint water during testing in the first half of 2024. Officials with the Michigan Department of ...