Background: Flint's Water Crisis

In April 2014 the city of Flint ceased purchasing its drinking water from the Detroit Water and Sewage Department sourced from Lake Huron and the Detroit River. The City instead started sourcing and treating its drinking water from the Flint River. Immediately residents complained of the water’s color, taste and odor. However, the City continued to use the drinking water sourced from the Flint River and residents continued to drink the water.

Following the release of the studies that found that a quarter of Flint households have levels of lead above the federal level of 15 parts per billion (ppb) and in some homes 13,200 ppb, residents have been pressing Governor Snyder, the EPA, the City, and other entities to fix the problem and hold decision makers accountable. That legal and political process is ongoing. Today, there is an estimated 6,000 to 12,000 children in Flint that have been and are being exposed to lead.

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