Source A- Davis by Jasmine Davis https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/8vubv7ny3p3e Michigan Radio article en-us 2016-11-16 16:46:00 UTC 2016-11-28 16:35:55 UTC hello@padlet.com 1 jsdavis18 https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/8vubv7ny3p3e/wish/138156160 State regulators told federal regulators that Flint is not using corrosion control. Despite this, Michigan Dept. of Environmental Quality Director Dan Wyant said, "Know that when the city switched from Detroit sewer and water, that the city utilized corrosion controls". (P 2,3,4)]]> 2016-11-16 16:52:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/8vubv7ny3p3e/wish/138156160 CRAAP Test Chart jsdavis18 https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/8vubv7ny3p3e/wish/138156715 2016-11-16 16:52:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/8vubv7ny3p3e/wish/138156715 Rhetorical Precis jsdavis18 https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/8vubv7ny3p3e/wish/138157995 2016-11-16 16:55:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/8vubv7ny3p3e/wish/138157995 2 jsdavis18 https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/8vubv7ny3p3e/wish/138161164 Flint claimed to use Lime Daniel Giammar, professor of environmental engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, says "Simply claiming to have lime addition as corrosion control is insufficient". (P 2)]]> 2016-11-16 17:01:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/8vubv7ny3p3e/wish/138161164 3 jsdavis18 https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/8vubv7ny3p3e/wish/138162331 The water softening treatment Flint is using is actually making Flint's water more corrosive. (P 2)]]> 2016-11-16 17:04:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/8vubv7ny3p3e/wish/138162331 4 jsdavis18 https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/8vubv7ny3p3e/wish/138211732 Lead levels in children's blood have spiked since the with to the Flint River (P 3, 4)]]> 2016-11-16 18:51:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/8vubv7ny3p3e/wish/138211732 5 jsdavis18 https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/8vubv7ny3p3e/wish/138213077 If using lime for corrosion control, you need to make sure water hits a certain pH (P 2)]]> 2016-11-16 18:54:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/8vubv7ny3p3e/wish/138213077 6 jsdavis18 https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/8vubv7ny3p3e/wish/138213917 Liane Shekter Smith, head of DEQ’s Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance, says 

"Absolutely, we've been monitoring the pH data. We monitored it prior to the switch to the Flint River and we monitored it since. And we've compared the pH data and there has not been a significant change."
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]]> 2016-11-16 18:55:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/8vubv7ny3p3e/wish/138213917 7 jsdavis18 https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/8vubv7ny3p3e/wish/138214967 2016-11-16 18:58:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/8vubv7ny3p3e/wish/138214967 7 jsdavis18 https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/8vubv7ny3p3e/wish/138215309 Smith says ]]> 2016-11-16 18:58:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/8vubv7ny3p3e/wish/138215309 7 jsdavis18 https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/8vubv7ny3p3e/wish/138215380 Smith says they consider a pH of 7.5 to be acceptable, but Marc Edwards and Daniel Giammar recommend pH of 8 or above to minimize lead ]]> 2016-11-16 18:59:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/8vubv7ny3p3e/wish/138215380 7 jsdavis18 https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/8vubv7ny3p3e/wish/138215554 Smith says they consider a pH of 7.5 to be acceptable, but ]]> 2016-11-16 18:59:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/8vubv7ny3p3e/wish/138215554 8 jsdavis18 https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/8vubv7ny3p3e/wish/138216974 Data of Flint water pH has become more acidic. Monthly average pH measurements dropped from 8.07 in December 2014 to 7.34 in August 2015 (P 3,4)]]> 2016-11-16 19:02:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/8vubv7ny3p3e/wish/138216974