Michigan state troopers to start delivering water door to door in Flint

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Residents of Flint, Michigan, will now be able to get drinking water from state troopers during home visits or from fire stations around the city.

To save money in 2014, the city, while under a state-appointed emergency manager, switched its water source from Lake Huron to the Flint River. Residents soon complained about the water's taste and appearance, and children were found to have high levels of lead in their systems. The city is once again using Lake Huron as a water source, but the water pipes have been corroded and lead leached into the system, NBC News reports. Residents are being warned not to use tap water to drink or in food preparation.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.