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What? Money was literally the reason: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/01/what-did-the-governor-know-about-flints-water-and-when-did-he-know-it
by minikites 11y ago
What? Money was literally the reason:
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/01/what-did-the-governor-know-about-flints-water-and-when-did-he-know-it/423342 http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/01/what-did...
> To save money, the city began drawing its water from the Flint River, rather than from Detroit’s system, which was deemed too costly. But the river’s water was high in salt, which helped corrode Flint’s aging pipes, leaching lead into the water supply.
- fennecfoxen 11y agoMoney being the reason and greed being the reason are two different things. The $5 million in question would have never benefited the decision-makers who elected to make the switchover to river water. They were attempting to be thrifty with money that belonged to the city, which is just doing their jobs (badly).