With a bit of pomp and circumstance, the City of Flint, Michigan, began the process of replacing its lead service lines. The first new copper service line went into the ground on Friday, March 4, at the home of Barry Richardson II and his fiancée, Ashley Haddock. The couple is expecting a baby this month.The family was chosen as part of Mayor Karen Weaver’s $55 million Fast Start program, which gives pipe-replacement priority to high-risk households. Weaver has asked Gov. Rick Snyder to fast-track $25 million for the first phase of the program. Friday’s pipe replacement was part of a promise to replace
