Water Response Teams Visit More Than 11,000 Homes Today State Continues To Provide Water Resources in Flint

FLINT, Mich. – January 26, 2015 – (RealEstateRama) — Water response teams continued their door-to-door efforts, today visiting another 11,144 homes providing free bottled water, filters, water replacement cartridges and water testing kits.

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality reports that since implementation of residential monitoring, water sampling reports are as follows through Jan. 22, 2016:

1,186 total Residential Samples reported
1,099 samples at or below the Action Level of 15 ppb (92.7%)
966 samples at or below 5 ppb (81.5%)
87 samples exceed the Action Level of 15 ppb (7.3%)
“We are in the process of establishing a formal sampling protocol that will be representative of the entire distribution system and we will revisit these sites routinely to establish a baseline and conduct trend analysis,” stated Keith Creagh, Director of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.

Those who get their water test results should know that the units in the reports are expressed in milligrams per liter (mg/L), also known as parts per million (ppm). In order to convert to parts per billion, multiply the result by 1,000. For example, a result of 0.004 (mg/L) would equal 4 parts per billion (ppb).

Flint residents are encouraged to turn in the water test kits at the five water resource sites. You can watch how to use a water test kit here.

Creagh continued, “While we recognize not all the samples within the program are officially recognized. The reason we are collecting this data is because we are trying to get an overall assessment of the water system and to identify potential areas of ongoing concern.”

Water resource sites where residents can obtain free bottled water, filters, replacement cartridges and water testing kits remain open daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and are located at:

Fire Station #1
310 East 5th St.
Flint, MI 48502

Fire Station #3
1525 Martin Luther King Ave.
Flint, MI 48503

Fire Station #5
3402 Western Road
Flint, MI 48506

Fire Station #6
716 West Pierson Road
Flint, MI 48505

Fire Station #8
202 East Atherton Road
Flint, MI 48507

Since Jan. 9, 2016, the following resources have been distributed to residents, both at the water resource sites and by water response teams:

164,991 cases of water
91,763 water filters
28,763 water testing kits
The State of Michigan has purchased the following resources, in addition to donations, since January 5:

141,982 cases of water
124,052 water filters
62,701 water testing kits
The State of Michigan continues to coordinate response efforts in partnership with the city of Flint, Genesee County and local community organizations.

Additional information is available at www.michigan.gov/flintwater, by calling 211 or visiting www.helpforflint.com.

NOTE: ALL MEDIA INQUIRIES ARE BEING HANDLED BY THE JOINT INFORMATION CENTER AT 888-EMD-TODAY (888-363-8632).