The public health crisis in Flint, Mich., caused by high levels of lead leaching into its residential drinking water could be a catalyst for more funding for water systems, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency said March 21. "We're talking with the White House about how we can make that happen," Gina McCarthy, the EPA administrator, told the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies at a conference in Washington, D.C. The crisis has brought to the forefront the issue of disinvestment in water infrastructure, McCarthy said, and has already prompted improved coordination between the EPA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding lead-specific efforts.
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