in 2014 his team also tested for and found legionella in the water. one would expect to see higher numbers of bacteria. that's exactly what his team discovered in some of flint's water. >> it is indisputable a legionella outbreak occurred. you say what occurred? a very excelling case that this was related to the water. >> terry nelson says she wants answers, after the hospital her husband received treatment from reported low levels of legionella. >> that's i don't know what to do. >> reporter: hospital officials say the medical facility has since installed new safeguards to meet quality and safety standards and no tests they said have ever determined had a mclaren flint was the source of exposure for any patients. no matter what the cause of the legionnaire's outbreak parents like heather beach are hoping sometime soon, they can stop worrying about the water and start focusing on what's most important. her family. >> i would die for my kids. they're my life. i marine, nothing else matters. in my whole world. except those boys. so there's nothing -- no

and all these problems, the leaks, the lead, the legionella, came from that fact. and it was backed up by the epa so this is not a decision that's made by the mayor of flint, the emergency manager or the governor. this is a very specialized skill and we have civil servants paid to make sure the law is followed and that didn't happen. the emergency manager did not make this decision that triggered all these problems. >> san antonio, texas, larry is up next with our guest marc edwards from virginia tech. republican line. you're on. go ahead. >> caller: when the story first came out it sounded like it was a water supply that was the problem but lately i have been hearing stories where one house would have a problem and the house next door would not have a problem. so i need some clarification. is the problem the water supply or is it the individual pipes going to the houses? >> okay. it's a combination of corrosive water plus lead in plumbing materials. if your house has no lead pipe going to it connecting your house to the water main, or you have no lead materials in

the legionella outbreak, the astronomical lead readings in leanne walters' home. all of these early signs should have been reason enough to consider returning to a safe water supply. but the response was always the same. it was not in emergency manager's financial plan for the city to return to the detroit water system. on january 9th, 2015, in response to concerns that it had been raised about the safety of flint's water, mr. earley, you wrote and i quote, suggestions have been made that the city of flint should return to using water purchased through the detroit water and sewage department. for many reasons, financial and otherwise, the city of flint can ill-afford to switch courses at this point. you also said it is not financially prudent to spend $18 million to purchase water that meets the same deq standards as the water now available from the flint river. mr. earley, obviously, now we know that the water from the flint river was not meeting the same standards as water coming from detroit. is that correct? >> yes, sir. >> and then, did you consider changing

then he detailed all the things we've heard about this, this calendar of failure of flint, the legionella, et cetera, violations going back. and you told me you had the authority, you have the compliance authority. did you ever shut these programs down or go after them? >> sir, we went after -- >> you did not. >> okay. >> you did not. no one acted. now, i heard calls for resignation. i think you should be at the top of the list. >> mm-hmm. >> again -- >> well, sir, if you let me answer, i might be -- >> they failed at the local level, they failed at the state level, and we failed at the federal level, and who's in charge? the district head gets a vacation bonus, the kids get lead poison, and you're still in office. mr. chairman, i yield back. >> gentleman yields back. >> thanks for the opportunity to answer. >> you're welcome. >> did you have something you wanted to say? >> it would be good if i could, sir, if you wouldn't mind. >> sure. >> well, i think it's important to know that when we found out, finally -- because the mdeq told us on april 24th, prior to that, that there was no corro

the legionella outbreak, the astronomical lead readings in leanne walters' home, all of these early signs should have been reason enough to consider returning to a safe water supply. but the response was always the same -- it was not in emergency manager's financial plan for the city to return to the detroit water system. on january 9th, 2015, in response to concerns that it had been raised about the safety of flint's water. mr. early, you wrote and i quote, suggestions have been made that the city of flint should return to using water purchased through the detroit water and sewage department. for many reasons, financial and otherwise, the city of flint can ill-afford to switch courses at this point. you also said it is not financially prudent to spin $18 million to purchase water that meets the same deq standards as the water now available from the flint river. mr. earley obviously now we know that the water from the flint river was not meeting the same standards as water coming from detroit. is that correct? >> yes, sir. >> did you consider changing course at any point after serious con

then he detailed all the things we've heard about this, this calendar of failure of flint, the legionella, et cetera, violations going back. and you told me you had the authority, you have the compliance authority. did you ever shut these programs down or go after them? >> sir, we went after -- >> you did not. >> okay. >> you did not. no one acted. now, i heard calls for resignation. i think you should be at the top of the list. >> mm-hmm. >> again -- >> well, sir, if you let me answer, i might be -- >> they failed at the local level, they failed at the state level, and we failed at the federal level, and who's in charge? the district head gets a vacation bonus, the kids get lead poison, and you're still in office. mr. chairman, i yield back. >> gentleman yields back. >> thanks for the opportunity to answer. >> you're welcome. >> did you have something you wanted to say? >> it would be good if i could, sir, if you wouldn't mind. >> sure. >> well, i think it's important to know that when we found out, finally -- because the mdeq told us on april 24th, prior to that, that there was no corro

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