Michigan’s Water Crisis Is Coming To A City Near You, Report Says

DETROIT –  Clergy members are warning that problems vexing Detroit’s water system –  aging pipes, service interruptions, rising bills and widespread shutoffs –  are coming soon to a Michigan town near you.

Gathering as downtown Detroit was under a boil water advisory because of a main break, religious leaders and academics on Monday released a 100-page report that calls for reinvestment and reform to Detroit’s system.

“The water crisis is a rolling crisis that will affect the entire country and indeed the entire world,” said John Powell, director of the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society at the University of California Berkeley that authored the report.

“If we don’t fix infrastructure, it won’t just be Flint, Detroit or Pontiac. It will be the entire country,” he said at an event unveiling the report at Metropolitan United Methodist Church in Detroit.

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