Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha testifies during a meeting of Michigan's special Joint Committee on the Flint Water Public Health Emergency, March 29, 2016, at the Northbank Center in Flint, Mich.

Flint falters Flint's crisis was set in motion in 2014, when a state-appointed emergency manager ended a contract with Detroit's water system and switched to the Flint River to save money.

Back in April 2014, the city of Flint changed its water source from Detroit’s system — which draws from Lake Huron — to the Flint River to save coin. Needless to say, that backfired.

Flint has a population of about 100,000 people, the majority of whom are Black. To save money, in 2014, the state switched the city's water supply to come from the Flint River. An investigation ...

In 2014, the city switched its water supply from water piped in from Detroit to the Flint River, a decision made by emergency managers appointed by then-Gov. Rick Snyder as a cost-saving move.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that the water crisis exposed nearly 100,000 residents of Flint to lead due to the crisis. By Matt Lavietes | NBC News • Published July 2 ...

Flint, Michigan, has replaced most of its lead water pipes, more than 10 years after contaminated water was found in its water system, prompting national outrage ...

Flint has replaced most of its lead water pipes, more than ten years after contaminated water was found in the Michigan city's water system, prompting national outrage.

Flint has replaced most of its lead pipes more than a decade after contamination was found in the city's water system. On Tuesday (July 1), Michigan state officials submitted a progress report in ...

Flint has replaced most of its lead water pipes, more than ten years after contaminated water was found in the Michigan city's water system, prompting national outrage.

Flint has replaced most of its lead water pipes, more than ten years after contaminated water was found in the Michigan city's water system, prompting national outrage. State officials submitted a ...