Cleanliness and health were afterthoughts In 1960, the Michigan Water Resources Commission gave Flint three years to "abate unlawful pollution of the Flint River." Primary polluters included the ...

FLINT, MI -- Booms have been deployed in the Flint River near the Utah Avenue Bridge after what the city described as a large spill of an unknown substance in the area. The city announced the ...

Flint water treatment plant begins using water from Flint River Workers at the Flint water treatment plant stand next to a reservoir filled with water from the Flint River on Thursday, April 17, 2014.

The state of Michigan – which failed to properly treat the Flint River water and then misled the public for months about its safety – has pledged $58 million to Flint. But none of that is for ...

FILE - This Jan. 26, 2016, file photo, shows the Flint River in Flint, Mich. A judge on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, approved a $626 million settlement for Flint residents and others who were exposed ...

which serves about 4 million people in southeastern Michigan. It opted to temporarily use the Flint River until a new line to Port Huron opens in 2016 at an annual cost of $12.5 million.

Flint, Michigan, lies about 70 miles from the shores ... (which they were paying the city of Detroit for), to the Flint River, a notorious tributary that runs through town known to locals for ...

FLINT, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- Emergency responders are working to contain a "significant" oil spill in the Flint River near I-475, according to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes ...

switched from purchasing water via Detroit to sourcing locally from the Flint River, residents began noticing a change in water quality. One resident—Lee Anne Walters—suspected the water might ...