Flint Water Crisis Begins

Date: April 25, 2014 • Location: Beecher, United States

A water crisis began when officials in Flint, Michigan, switched the city's water supply to the Flint River, leading to contamination.

The Flint water crisis was a public health crisis from 2014 to 2019 which involved the drinking water for the city of Flint, Michigan, being contaminated with lead and possibly Legionella bacteria.