The city of Flint, Mich., and a group of plaintiffs who sued the city have reached an agreement setting a new deadline to complete lead water line replacements after the city again missed its court-approved deadline last fall.

Under the agreement filed in a federal court in Ann Arbor, the city must complete excavations and replacements at all of the 31,758 eligible homes by Aug. 1. For homes where replacements have already been done and those that are done by March 1, the city must complete restoration by June 30. For properties with replacements done after March 2, restoration must be done within four months of excavations.