How is there still a Flint water crisis at 1.5 years later?

Money! The crisis began when Flint Michigan began using water from the Flint river. That water contained toxins that the water treatment facilities at the time could not remove. Some money that was budgeted for improvements in the plants was delivered to other purposes, delaying plant improvements. read more

Flint's Water Crisis Still Isn't Over. Here's Where Things Stand a Year Later Flint City Councilman Eric Mays leans on a palette of water as he listens to health officials answer residents' questions during a Flint water town hall meeting at the University of Michigan-Flint Northbank Center in Flint, Mich., on Jan 12, 2017. read more