Flint Water Crisis

Flint, Michigan is a city in Genesee County, Michigan, United States. Located along the Flint River, 66 miles northwest of Detroit, it is a principal city within the region known as Mid-Michigan. The 2010 census recorded its population to be 102,434, making it the seventh largest city in the state of Michigan. The Flint metropolitan area is a tri-county area consisting of Genesee, Shiawassee, and Lapeer counties, with a 2010 census population of 425,790. The Flint metropolitan area is a part of the larger Detroit–Flint–Ann Arbor combined statistical area, which has a population of 5,318,744.

What Happened?

The water source was contaminated with with lead. The crisis began in 2014 when the city switched its water source from Lake Huron and the Detroit River to the Flint River as a cost-saving measure. The new water source was not properly treated, which caused lead to leach from the city's pipes into the water supply. This led to high levels of lead in the blood of Flint residents, particularly children, and numerous cases of Legionnaires' disease.

We hope to prevent this from happening ever again!