[grania]

It's appalling all around. The rest of society is going to have to pay for the lives of all the people who drank that swill. It does seem that Flint's leadership shouldn't be in charge of anything. It isn't just Flint. Too many localities are electing people who aren't capable of problem solving.

All that being true, it doesn't change the fact that bottles of water are not going to make the problem go away.

[Ozark Tom]

The recommended anti-corrosion additive was to buffer the pH of the non-lead bearing water from the river, to prevent leaching of lead from the old pipes. The ‘swill’ was brewed within the piping of the Flint water district, based on a ‘local’ decision not to follow the engineering recommendation.

Do you believe the governors office follows the minutia of city council decisions statewide, and is responsible for poor local choices? The people at the local level implemented the changes, and neglected consequences of their obviously short-sighted decision.