Snyder Aides Urged Flint's Return To Detroit Water Just Months After 2014 Switch
LANSING (AP) - Two lawyers in Gov. Rick Snyder's office urged his top aides to switch Flint back to Detroit's water system only months after the city began using the Flint River, according to emails.
Valerie Brader and Mike Gadola expressed concerns about Flint's water in October 2014, citing E. coli and General Motors plant's switch because the water was rusting engine parts, according to reports. It was a year before the state helped Flint return to Detroit's system after water leached lead from pipes into homes.
In emails to then-chief of staff Dennis Muchmore and others, Brader said it was an "urgent matter to fix." Gadola, Snyder's then- legal counsel, called the idea of using the Flint River as a water source "downright scary."
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