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EPA gives Flint $100M to help repair pipes

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Re: EPA gives Flint $100M to help repair pipes

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Post by dragonwriter »

overcast wrote: post #2

"The state of Michigan is contributing matching funds of $20 million for a total award of $120 million." So, not really matching?

"matching funds" can (and very often do) have matching ratios other than 1:1; it's the general term for a required proportional cobtribution.

Re: EPA gives Flint $100M to help repair pipes

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Post by ihaveajob »

dragonwriter wrote: post #3
overcast wrote: post #2

"The state of Michigan is contributing matching funds of $20 million for a total award of $120 million." So, not really matching?

"matching funds" can (and very often do) have matching ratios other than 1:1; it's the general term for a required proportional cobtribution.

They can also be capped to a maximum amount. You can see this often on NPR listener donation rallies, when companies match funds up to something like $5k for the duration of a show. If more than $5k is reached, the company still donates only $5k.

Re: EPA gives Flint $100M to help repair pipes

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Post by lisper »

refurb wrote: post #5

where lead-contaminated water damaged service lines. This is wrong isn't it? My understanding is they changed water sources, which changed the pH, which resulted in lead being leeched out of pipes.

Yes, you're right: the original piece got the causality backwards.

Re: EPA gives Flint $100M to help repair pipes

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Post by maxerickson »

pstuart wrote: post #4

And how much did the city originally "save"? This affair should be poster child for being pennywise and pound foolish with our infrastructure.

Framing it that way misses an important part of the story.

It was the institutional and regulatory failure during the switch away from Detroit city water that made the lead an emergency. Part of the reason that happened is that Flint had depopulated and was basically a failed city. It's not acceptable that it happened, but it didn't happen just because Flint was trying to skimp on infrastructure 40,50,60 years ago.

Re: EPA gives Flint $100M to help repair pipes

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Post by civilian »

pstuart wrote: post #4

And how much did the city originally "save"? This affair should be poster child for being pennywise and pound foolish with our infrastructure.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/04/20/465545378/...

> That option was projected to save the region $200 million over 25 years, according to City Council meeting minutes.

Flint has already taken $250mil in state funding, and it will be taking another $120mil in fed+state funds now. So I guess that this whole thing will break even in 45 years?

Re: EPA gives Flint $100M to help repair pipes

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Post by wallace_f »

ihaveajob wrote: post #6
dragonwriter wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"matching funds" can (and very often do) have matching ratios other than 1:1; it's the general term for a required proportional cobtribution.

They can also be capped to a maximum amount. You can see this often on NPR listener donation rallies, when companies match funds up to something like $5k for the duration of a show. If more than $5k is reached, the company still donates only $5k.

I think OP's intuition is understandable.

Search Results match·ing ˈmaCHiNG/ adjective adjective: matching

    1.
    corresponding in pattern, color, or design; complementary.
    "a blue jacket and matching skirt"
    **2.
    equal in number or amount; equivalent.
    "the college will provide matching funds to complete the project"**
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