Actually I think the long-term goal here is a multi-trillion dollar Green Jobs project, replacing every water line in the State of Michigan.
That could well be. My BIL is a plumber of long standing. For his “friends and relatives” jobs he always used soft form copper line for water lines. Hated galvanized and crimp plastic lines. Even put full copper all over the house. After 30 years, I never had one leak or problem with what he did. (And it was a bunch.)