Emergency manager calls City Council’s Flint River vote ‘incomprehensible’ View Larger Image Michigan Live » The Flint City Council voted to approve purchasing water from Detroit instead of continuing to use Flint River as the water source. The city’s Emergency Manager, who was appointed by the Governor, claims it will cost $12 million more per year to make this change, and that water from Detroit is no safer than water from Flint. Residents have complained about the water quality since April 2014, and testing in early 2015 found Flint water to be in violation of the Safe Drinking Water Act. Michelle2018-02-02T09:24:44-08:00March 24th, 2015|Flint Water Crisis, Michigan, Privatization, Water| Share This Story, Choose Your Platform! FacebookTwitterEmail Related Posts Flint Receives $77 Million to Fund Water Infrastructure Improvements April 18th, 2019 Sea level rise could threaten California cities and ports by 2040 March 21st, 2019 How can California capture more water? Competing interests will have to compromise February 25th, 2019 Trump poised to sign bipartisan water infrastructure bill October 10th, 2018 WATCH: Gordie Howe International Bridge construction ‘celebration’ event on Oct. 5, 2018 October 5th, 2018 Take a look at the new $3.8-billion super bridge that will span the Canada-US border (RENDERINGS) October 1st, 2018 VIDEO: Get down and dirty with workers repairing Oroville Dam spillway in this night shift video September 25th, 2018 $823 million, 31 billion-gallon Calaveras Reservoir dam ready for debut September 21st, 2018 Cost, opening date for Gordie Howe Bridge coming next week September 21st, 2018