EPA makes $100 million grant for Flint official

Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $100 million grant to the City of Flint, Mich., to help the community continue to improve the quality of its drinking water system after it was contaminated with excessive lead levels in 2014 resulting a nationally-publicized crisis.

In December, President Barack Obama signed the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act of 2016, enabling Flint to accelerate and expand its work to replace lead service lines and make other critical infrastructure improvements. The $100 million grant comes under the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund and will address lead or other contaminants in drinking water, including repair and replacement of lead service lines and public water system infrastructure.