Flint Water Crisis 2025. Michigan governor rick snyder declared a state of emergency for the city of flint on january 5, 2016, due to dangerously high levels of lead contamination in the drinking water. As the ripple effects of the flint water crisis continue, michigan is dealing with a whole new slew of problems managing one of the world's largest sources of fresh.
The federal government realized the severity of the crisis, and decided that it. A decade later, people are still asking if the water is safe to drink.