Flint Michigan Water Crisis

Water from the flint river flows through the hamilton dam.

Flint michigan water crisis. But that flip of a switch isn t when the city s water crisis began. The deal will resolve all legal actions against the state for its role in. The state of michigan and other defendants have reached a 600 million settlement in the flint water crisis lawsuit that will provide hundreds of millions in payments to city residents. Concrete slopes capped with wire fences flank the water.

Although it was once a thriving industrial centre the city of flint in souteastern michigan. The flint river scribbles 142 miles through mid michigan and a noticeable change occurs as it flows southwest into the city of flint. Read fast facts from cnn about the water crisis in flint michigan. 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 officials failed to apply corrosion inhibitors to the water.

A story of environmental injustice and bad decision making the water crisis in flint michigan began in 2014 when the city switched its drinking water supply from detroit s system to the. Michigan will pay 600 million to compensate flint residents whose health was damaged in the city s lead water scandal. Flint michigan water crisis still being felt five years after people in flint michigan were exposed to lead tainted water many people still don t trust the water and the crisis is still. 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 contaminated.