(12 May 2016) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus055385

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and Flint Mayor Karen Weaver are urging city residents to flush the pipes in their homes every day for two weeks.
It's part of an effort to remove lead particles in Flint, whose 100,000 residents are using faucet filters and bottled water while living under a months-long emergency.
The water contamination occurred when the city, which was under emergency management at the time, switched in 2014 from the metropolitan Detroit utility system to a temporary water source, the Flint River, until it could connect to the new pipeline.
State environmental regulators mistakenly told the city not to add a chemical to prevent lead from leaching out of old pipes, and state emergency managers later came under scrutiny for blocking a switch back for financial reasons.
On Thursday, Weaver and Snyder appeared at a news conference at City Hall. Weaver unveiled new television and radio advertisements designed to encourage residents to flush their water pipes 10 minutes a day for 14 days.
Snyder then announced that the state will pay for water used by Flint residents this month to help offset the extra usage for flushing pipes. He referred to May as "a free water month."


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