Occupation: DEQ Director
Stakeholder: Government Official
Director of Michigan's Envrionmental Quality, Dan acknowledged in October 2015 that the department had failed to follow the relevant federal regulation and had made other errors. A December 2015 report by the Flint Water Advisory Task Force found that "primary responsibility" of misregulating the water lies with the DEQ.
Occupation:Governor of Michigan
Stakeholder: Government Officials
Governor Rick Snyder appointed several individuals as Emergency Managers for Flint Michigan's budget decrease. One of the budget cutting decisions was to change Flint's water source from the Detroit River to the Flint River.
Occupation: Virginia Tech Lead Researcher
Stakeholder: Community Officials
Doctor Marc Edwards leads a group of Virginia tech researchers to the test the water in Flint homes. Their findings involve elevated levels of lead found within the water and publicly announce their findings through media outlets.
Occupation: Pediatrician
Stakeholder: Community Official
Doctor Hanna conducts research on the new Flint water source and reveals that lead levels tripled after the water was switched from the Detroit River to the Flint River in April 2014. At Hanna's September 2015 press conference she urged residents, particularly children, to stop drinking the water, and to end the use of the Flint River as a water source.
Occupation: Agrochemical Company Monsanto CEO
Stakeholder: Corporation
Hugh Grant is the CEO of the agrochemical company that manufactured the chemicals that caused the pipe corrosion that resulted in the rise of lead levels in Flint's drinking water. Monsanto also held the preventative chemical that could've protected the pipes from corrosion but were not used due to high budget constraints from the city of Flint.
Occupation: Stay-at-home Mother
Stakeholder: Resident of Flint Michigan
Lee Anne Walters researched the water supply after her family suffered major side effects such as hair loss, rashes, dizziness and even chemical burns when using the new Flint water source. Lee Anne compiled a fact sheet that she distributed to city officials and gathered neighbors to petition at city council meetings
Groups of stakeholders that play a role in the Flint water crisis.
Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam (LAN) failed to implement corrosion control. This lead to pipes being corroded and leaking lead into the water But company representatives said it was the state and the city who made the decision not to implement the protective measure. LAN had “regularly advised that corrosion control should be added and that the system needed to be fully tested before going online”, the company said.
Governor Rick Snyder is appointed as emergency financial manager to handle Flint. Assigned with the quote "simply do one thing and one thing only, to cut the budget at any cost". This leads to the switch from Lake Huron water to Flint River Water.
12 residents died due to legionnaires disease Legionnaires' is a respiratory bacterial infection usually spread through mist that comes from a water source; it isn't spread person-to-person. Symptoms include fever, chills and a cough.
Mona Hanna-Attisha is a pediatrician and public health advocate who was a key advocate for revealing the Flint Water Crisis which exposed children to dangerous levels of lead in Flint, Michigan.