Experts say Flint’s water supply is now safe to drink.
"All the parameters are showing that Flint water is in the range of other cities with old pipes," says Marc Edwards, a water treatment expert.
The federal action level for lead is 15 parts per billion.
Recent state tests show lead levels in the drinking water here now at about four parts per billion.
State officials say any remaining lead can be screened out using water filters, which the state will continue to provide free to Flint residents.
"If we want people to be confident in the water that they are getting out of their taps, we can’t say that in one breathe and then in another one say, ‘Oh but here’s bottled water that you can have if you want,’" Adler says.
Trust in short supply The state has distributed millions of cases of bottled water, at a cost of $22,000 a day.
Though Flint residents, such as LaShaya Darisaw, still don’t trust the water is safe to drink.
Darisaw and some Flint residents will travel to the state capitol tomorrow to urge state officials to keep distributing bottled water until all the city’s old lead pipes are replaced.
But time is short, the supply of free bottled water is expected to run out this week.