Allen Bryant, an Oren Avenue resident, filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court April 12, asking a judge to compel the state to continue the bottled water distribution because some homes "still have dangerously high levels of lead in their tap water."
A hearing on the emergency motion is scheduled before Levy in Ann Arbor on Friday, April 20.
Ari Adler, communications director for Snyder, the first of about 30 defendants named in the complaint, declined to comment on the lawsuit, and the state had not filed a written response to it as of Wednesday, April 18.
The complaint says Bryant’s home was tested for lead during the most recent sampling for lead and copper — from Jan. 1 until April 6 — and registered 1330 parts per billion of lead in one test.
The federal action limit for lead is 15 ppb, and the lawsuit says Bryant’s copper levels also tested high.
"Mr. Bryant is at a continuous risk of exposure to high levels of lead and copper in his pipes," the complaint says.
"The city of Flint has not come to replace the pipes leading into his home.
"Mr. Bryant is without a safe, potable source of drinking water, and the need for an alternative source of water is critical."
The state’s decision on bottled water came after testing under the Lead and Copper Rule showed Flint’s 90th percentile lead levels were 4 ppb of lead in sampling this year.
Even if those numbers are accurate, Shkolnik said, it doesn’t mean every lead problem in the city has been fixed.