Flint is having trouble maintaining it's population. That will affect funding across the board and will slow the city's recovery. The Mayor and Council will have to decide, but, they should consider a lawsuit against the state and the people involved for causing irreparable harm to the city causing fiscal and economical distress as well as poisoned water.
Water is a very big deal. The city will never be the same. The city should find those that left to move to a safer city and ask exactly what caused them to uproot their family and move away from Flint, Michigan.
The people that moved away should file a lawsuit as well for damages that caused them to leave.
This is not the normal attrition of a city's population. There has been a loss in longevity in the USA and probably a loss in population due to COVID-19 in most parts of the country, especially the southeast. But, this is due to poisoned water. The averages of losses in population can be known across the country and other cities with population the same as Flint going into the Global Pandemic will reflect a loss of life and longevity of their residents, but, more than a fifth of the population was moved to leave beyond the deaths from the pandemic. This is due to the poisoned water.
By Dave Boucher
The number of people living in Flint (click here) dropped to its lowest point in more than 100 years, according to the results of the 2020 U.S. Census released Thursday.
The city had 81,252 residents as of last year, according to the national survey conducted once every decade. That's a substantial drop from the 102,434 residents reported in 2010. Census estimates from 2019 had put Flint at closer to 95,500 residents.
It's the first time the city's population dropped below 100,000 since surpassing that total in 1930. The city's population jumped from 38,550 in 1910 to 91,599 in 1920.
Flint experienced arguably the worst public health crisis in its history during the past decade, as the city continues to grapple with the impact of its tainted water.
Flint City Council President Kate Fields was a little surprised the population drop wasn't larger. She pointed to job losses and the water crisis, as well as the massive attention it garnered, for driving the decline....
Repair after repair may not bring them back. People don't like to continually uproot their children. So, those that left may not want to return for the reasons that they made a new home elsewhere.
August 20, 2021
Flint - Officials from the City of Flint Department of Public Works (click here) will start the 95-5 water increments to the secondary water pipeline on Monday, August 23, pending no issues with the pipeline connection work over the weekend. This work is needed to begin repair work on the primary water pipeline system.
All protocols with the State of Michigan Safe Drinking Water Act and the City’s agreement with its primary water supplier, the Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) will continue to be followed. Residents will continue to be updated regarding the progress of this infrastructure project.
As a reminder:
- Additional monitoring will take place during the incremental increase, valve replacement work on the primary water delivery system (GLWA) and during all other major infrastructure projects. Monitoring results are posted on the EPA’s “Taking Action on Flint Water” website at www.michigan.gov/flintwater....
