This article is a recap of &quot;a detailed Rolling Stone article&quot; which says:<p>&quot;The transfer from Detroit to Flint water was just another bottom-line move. Flint was switching over in 2017 to a new pipeline that would serve the middle of the state with water from Lake Huron. (The city council cast a symbolic 7-1 vote in favor of the new pipeline. The state would later try to use this as a protective fig leaf to claim the city had approved drinking river water.) Detroit&#x27;s emergency manager asked the state to intervene in the switch, and when that failed, the utility told the city of Flint that its contract would be terminated in one year. The problem then was what to do between 2014 and 2017. Snyder&#x27;s Flint emergency managers – four cycled in and out like scrubs in an AAU hoops game – chose the Flint River rather than renegotiating with the petulant Detroit water utility.&quot;<p>Read more: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.rollingstone.com&#x2F;politics&#x2F;news&#x2F;who-poisoned-flint-michigan-20160122#ixzz3yAxjm7s1" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.rollingstone.com&#x2F;politics&#x2F;news&#x2F;who-poisoned-flint...</a><p>PS TIL when you copy-paste from rollingstone.com, it automatically adds the credit to the quote!  Worth trying just to see it in action :)