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Timeline

u April 25, 2014: To save money, Flint u October 16, 2015: Flint switches
switches its water supply source. back to water supplied by Detroit.

u May 2014: Residents mount first u December 14, 2015: Flint’s
complaints about water quality. mayor declares a state of
emergency.
u August 2014: E. coli bacteria is
detected in Flint’s water. u January 2016: Michigan’s
governor and President Obama
u October 2014: Automaker GM stops also declare a state of
using Flint water because of corrosion. emergency in Flint.

u January and February 2015: Tests at u January 13, 2016: Governor
the University of Michigan-Flint and Snyder announces that Flint
at a residence show high lead levels. had experienced a Legionnaires’
disease outbreak over the
u April–July 2015: EPA employees raise course of a year and a half.
concerns about lead levels in Flint,
but no immediate action is taken.

u September 2015: Virginia Tech
researchers work with Flint’s citizen-
scientists to collect water samples;
samples show extraordinarily high
levels of lead.

u September 24, 2015: A local hospital
study shows elevated lead levels in
Flint’s children.

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