"Flint Mayor Opposes No-Bid Choice To Assess City Pipes"

"LANSING — Gov. Rick Snyder and Flint Mayor Karen Weaver — already at odds over how quickly Flint's lead service lines that carry drinking water to homes should be replaced — are also split over Snyder's choice of an engineering firm that a state document says helped prepare the city before its botched switch to using Flint River water.

On Tuesday, Snyder announced the state had signed a no-bid contract worth up to $500,000 with Flint-based Rowe Professional Services  to study Flint’s water distribution system and replace 30 lead service lines as a pilot project.

Records the state released Feb.12 say Rowe was involved in preparing Flint’s water treatment process for the city’s switch to the Flint River as its source of drinking water in April 2014."

Paul Egan and Matthew Dolan reports for the  Detroit Free Press February 21, 2016.

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