Great Lakes Wire

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has announced a $53 million civil settlement with Veolia North America. The agreement resolves allegations that the engineering firm played a role in the Flint Water Crisis by failing to properly identify corrosion control treatment issues, which worsened and extended the crisis.

Veolia will pay $53 million to individuals represented by Levy Konigsberg, LLP and Napoli Shkolnik PLLC. In return, Michigan will dismiss its separate lawsuit against Veolia. Approximately 26,000 plaintiffs affected by the crisis, including many children, will share the settlement funds.

"After years of drawn-out legal battles, this settlement finally closes a chapter for Flint residents," said Nessel. "While no amount of money can fully repair the damage caused to the Flint community, these funds will provide additional resources to those directly impacted, especially Flint children, by this preventable crisis."

The crisis began in 2014 when Flint switched its water source to the Flint River. This settlement follows nearly five years after Nessel's announcement of a $600+ million settlement involving other parties such as the State of Michigan and the City of Flint—marking it as Michigan's largest civil settlement.

Further details are available on the official website dedicated to the Flint Water settlements.