Former Flint Mayor Dayne Walling gives a detailed timeline of the events that led to the Flint Water Crisis, and reveals who made which decisions.

Flint Mayor Dayne Walling spoke with our sister station -- Flint's News Talk 1470am WFNT -- Monday (1/19/16) and walked us through the events that led to the Flint Water Crisis.

In the clip above, Walling says that the 2013 decision to eventually switch to the Karegnondi Water Authority pipeline was one made in conjunction with himself, Emergency Manager Ed Kurtz, and the City Council. However, they believed they would be able to continue using Detroit's water until the pipeline was ready in 2016.

Once Detroit, also under Emergency Management at this time, got wind of the KWA agreement, they said they would raise Flint's prices drastically after their current contract with the city expired in 2014. At this point, Drain Commissioner Jeff Wright negotiated with Detroit to get the best price for the rest of Genesee County, while Emergency Manager Ed Kurtz chose not to negotiate on Flint's behalf.

 

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