Flint Water Crisis (Michigan)
Flint, Michigan was once the home of General Motors’ largest auto plant. Its water quality has always been poor, but in 2015 it was revealed that the city’s aging pipe system was corroding and sloughing dangerous levels of lead into the water. As of May 2017, lawsuits against the government for hundreds of millions of dollars were pending, and four government officials have been charged with felonies related to the crisis.
Flint fallout has cost taxpayers more than $15 million in legal bills
Detroit Metro Times » And that doesn’t even count the social and infrastructural costs of the crisis.