The water crisis in Flint, Mich., began in April of 2014. Following a switchover to the Flint River as the city’s main water source, corrosive water conditions from the Flint River caused heavy metal leaching from the lead service pipes in the region. On Jan. 5, 2016, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder declared a state of emergency. Since that time, numerous individuals including many children have been exposed to extremely high levels of lead in their water, a cause of serious health problems. Needless to say, with investigations into the Flint, Mich., situation still ongoing, water quality has become a critical issue and prompted public speculation and worry.

When Weeks Marine Inc. postponed its scheduled restoration of Pensacola Beach last week it seemed to signal that the company could start dredging and filling on Navarre Beach as planned on or about April 1.

Twenty years ago this week the Holley-Navarre Water System building burned including the financial records that were inside. There was an ensuing investigation by the Florida State Fire Marshal, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the Internal Revenue Service. Two main suspects were named, but never charged because of the lack of concrete evidence. The statute of limitations has run out on this unsolved crime.