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Today at the Genesee County Commission meetings Commissioner Gleason raised some serious issues concerning the Richfield landfill and the possibility that it could contaminate the Holloway Resevoir. The Reservoir, owned by the City of Flint, was created in part to be a secondary water system for the county in case of a failure from the Detroit pipeline. "It runs the entire length of the county," said Gleason, "It could be our problem for the future"
Gleason noted that the Richfield Landfill is adjacent to the largest fresh water supply site in the county. He discussed the approaching public hearing and said if the owners of the landfill ignore the officials ofRichfield Township, Genesee County and other officials then who thinks they will listen to the citizens.
"They cannot contain the leakage of the cells', said Gleason. He noted the leakage is so great they have to truck it out and a failure to do so means the materials will drain out ot the Holloway Reservoir.
Flint contracts with Detroit for water and Detroit was to build a secondary water system for Flint in case of a failure of the primary line. The secondary water line was never built. The state required Flint to make major improvements to the Flint water plant in order to have a back up system to provide water.
There have been several instances in which the Detroit water line was compromised and water could not flow into Flint. The Anderson Report was commissioned during the Stanley administration and it stated the Flint River did not have an adequate water flow to supply both the county and the city. Since Detroit does not allow Flint River water to be co-mingked with the Lake water, the report recommended either the city use the river water to save money for flint or the city could sell the river water to the county. |
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