That article has some issues though:<p>&gt; The city opted out of Detroit&#x27;s water supply<p>As I understand, it the City of Detroit basically kicked them out (or raised the rates prohibitively high). Flint was already on track to transition to a regional water system (<i>not</i> the Flint river system), but it wasn&#x27;t completed yet. This statement places all of the blame onto Flint for pulling out of using Detroit&#x27;s water system.