In 2014, the financially troubled city of Flint, Michigan, began drawing their water from the Flint River - instead of Lake Huron. The move would be a disaster. Over the next decade the city would grapple with water contamination, lead poisoning, Legionnaires disease, and deaths - costing Flint and the State of Michigan more than a billion dollars.

Sources

https://www.cdc.gov/casper/php/publications-links/flint-water-crisis.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint_water_crisis

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