Hamtramck in Detroit Area is Latest Facing Lead in Water
HAMTRAMCK, Mich. (AP) — Another Michigan city is giving filters to residents as a result of high lead results in some drinking water samples.
Hamtramck, in the Detroit area, is a 2-square-mile (5.2-square-kilometer) city with 28,000 residents, many of them immigrants from Bangladesh, Yemen and other countries.
Seven hundred filters were passed out on Oct. 21 and another 900 will be distributed next week, said City Manager Kathleen Angerer.
“The water itself is fine. The issue is the outdated lead services lines that in some cases are leaching lead into the water into individual homes,” Mayor Karen Majewski said.
She said not every home is affected, adding: “People don’t need to panic.”
LaTonya Hatcher, 49, was in line.
“I want to get a filter for the sink,” she said. “I live in a newer neighborhood and the pipes might be fine, but I was walking by and saw they were giving out filters, so I thought I should ask if I need one.”
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