STEVE CARMODY, MICHIGAN RADIO REPORTER:

Steve, is the water in Flint safe to drink? The water in Flint is safer than what it had been. Initially, more than a year ago when lead testing was done, levels of more than — in the hundreds of parts per billion of lead were being detected in flint water. Now, the level is below the federal action level of 15 parts per billion. So, it is safer. But it is still not pure water. It still has some lead in it. SREENIVASAN: OK. So, the levels are getting better and that's kind of good enough to pass the national threshold, right? So what are the domino effects here? If people are too poor, perhaps, to pay their water bill or the subsidy has really made up for that gap, what happens if they miss a payment? CARMODY: Well, that's a good question. At this point, the city has not decided whether they will begin to shut off people who are behind on their payments. Right now, 55 percent of Flint residential water customers are current on their water bills. That's after a year of having the state subsidize 65 percent of their water bill.