Flint has to address the insufficiency in it's drainage capacity and/or the sewage treatment plan capacity. This is not the first time the overspill of sewage into the river has occurred.
By Ron Fonger
Flint - The city (click here) has reported three separate discharges of a sewage-rainwater mix into the Flint River following a three-day downpour that dumped 3.2 inches of rain on the area.
The first of the three incidents started at 6:45 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 23, when the city’s Water Pollution Control Facility discharged a mix of stormwater and sewage from its retention and treatment basin to the river.
Rainwater overwhelmed the plant’s capacity to treat it, a notice of the discharge says....
September 10, 2021
Flint - Two former top state officials charged (click here) after the second Flint water crisis criminal investigation are raising concerns with the evidence used against them.
Former Gov. Rick Snyder and former Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Director Nick Lyon filed separate documents in Genesee County courts this week asking for hearings on whether evidence prosecutors used against them should be thrown out.
Snyder is facing two counts of misdemeanor misconduct in office for allegedly not supervising his staff adequately and allegedly failing to declare a State of Emergency as required of the governor.
Lyon is charged with nine counts of involuntary manslaughter related to the deaths of John Snyder, Debra Kidd, Brian McHugh, DuWayne Nelson, Nelda Hunt, Peter Derscha, Thomas Mulcahy, Arthur Percy and Patricia Schaffer in July and August 2015 from Legionnaires’ disease....
I asked myself, "Self, why would any defendant question the quality of the evidence?" Self replied, "Because they know they corrupted it while still in office? Yes? Yes,
What is this anyway, a case review to ask "Pretty please drop the charges." THERE ARE PEOPLE DEAD AND MAIMED. Maybe it is just BILLABLE HOURS for the lawyers supported by the people of the State of Michigan.
September 13, 2021
Lansing - Former Governor Rick Snyder’s legal team (click here) was back in court Monday for a case review.
Snyder is charged with two misdemeanor counts of willful neglect of duty for his role in the Flint water crisis. He pleaded not guilty to the charges in January.
If convicted, Snyder faces up to a year in jail, or a $1,000 dollar fine. Last week, Snyder’s lawyers argued his due process rights had been disregarded, and asked a judge to stop prosecutors from accessing more documents related to their probe that should have been protected.
Stay with ABC12 News for updates on the case....
