Water Crisis In Flint
In april 2014 flint changed its water source from treated detroit water and sewerage department water sourced from lake huron and the detroit river to the flint river.
Water crisis in flint. Flint s water crisis began when a state appointed emergency manager switched the city s drinking water supply from lake huron water treated in detroit to flint river water treated at the flint. Aging pipes contaminated the water exposing around 100 000 people. The flint water crisis is a public health crisis that started in 2014 after the drinking water source for the city of flint michigan was changed. The city s water supply was switched to the flint river to save money.
As the state of michigan on thursday announced a 600 million settlement for the victims of the water crisis that upended flint the deal was another reminder of the damage and debt to thousands of.