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About a decade after Flint’s water crisis caused national outrage, replacement of lead water pipes still isn’t finished.

FILE - Workers back fill a hole used to replace lead pipe with copper water supply lines to a home in Flint, Mich., July 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File) By MICHAEL PHILLIS and TAMMY WEBBER ...

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Jeffrey Bell watched as crews dug up and replaced neighbors’ lead water pipes, hoping his mother’s house would be next. Workers told him it wasn’t on their list but ...

Flint's missteps offer lessons for municipalities that face a recently imposed federal mandate to replace their own lead service lines.