Ka taƙaita labarin:  Kasa da tafiyar awa daya daga daya daga cikin manyan maɓuɓɓugan ruwa na duniya, wasu mutane a Flint suna neman digo mai daraja. Tun lokacin da birnin da ke fama da matsalar kudi ya rabu da tsarin ruwa na Detroit a shekarar da ta gabata, mazauna ba su gamsu da wari, dandano da bayyanar ruwa daga kogin garin ba yayin da suke jiran kammala bututun zuwa Lake Huron. Sun kuma nuna damuwa game da lafiyarsu, suna ba da rahoton rashes, asarar gashi da sauran matsaloli. Kamfanin General Motors ya daina amfani da ruwan, yana cewa yana tsatsa da sassansa. Jami'ai sun ce gwajin da jihar ta yi kwanan nan ya nuna ruwan ya cika ka'idojin tsaro na tarayya, kuma birnin zai fi kyau ba tare da tsarin Leviathan Detroit ba da zarar an kammala bututun a shekara ta 2016. Kuma yayin da yawancin ƙauyukan Detroit suka daɗe suna mafarkin karya dogaro da ruwan birni, mafi nisa Flint shine farkon wanda zai yi haɗari <unk> kuma gwada ko tanadin da ake samu ya cancanci yin shi kadai. Gungura ƙasa don bidiyo. Fresh da kuma tsabta? A wannan hoton na 21 ga Janairu, 2015, LeeAnne Walters tana nuna samfurin ruwa daga gidanta na Flint wanda aka tattara a wannan watan. A wannan hoton na ranar Talata, 3 ga Fabrairu, 2015, Genetha Campbell tana dauke da ruwa kyauta da ake rarrabawa a Lincoln Park United Methodist Church a Flint. 'Abin baƙin ciki, wasu matsalolinmu ba sa warwarewa da sauri ko kuma cikin sauƙi,' in ji Jerry Ambrose, manajan gaggawa na Flint da gwamnati ta naɗa, ya daɗa cewa 'kalubalen' da ke tattare da dogaro na ɗan lokaci a kan kogin'sun fi yadda muke tsammani.' Ambrose ya ce, "Ikon barin (Detroit) ya kasance yana da goyon baya ta hanyar kasuwanci, kuma a cikin dogon lokaci zai amfana da wannan yanki da kuma birnin Flint". Duk da cewa ba za a sami 'rage-rage na sihiri' a cikin kudade ba, in ji shi, karuwar farashin ya kamata ya zama ƙasa da ƙasa. Flint ya daɗe yana fushi da hauhawar farashin Ma'aikatar Ruwa da Ruwa ta Detroit. Jami'an Flint sun kiyasta kudin siyan ruwa daga Detroit a wannan shekara a dala miliyan 16, kuma jimlar kudin shekara-shekara na sauyawa zuwa sabuwar Hukumar Ruwa ta Karegnondi zai zama dala miliyan 12.5....
Tun lokacin da Flint, Michigan, ya rabu da tsarin ruwa na Detroit a bara, mazauna ba su da farin ciki da dandano da ƙanshin ruwan. Sun kuma tayar da damuwar kiwon lafiya, suna ba da rahoton rashes, asarar gashi da sauran matsaloli. Mazauna suna jiran kammala bututun zuwa tafkin Huron. Jami'ai sun ce gwajin da jihar ta yi kwanan nan ya nuna ruwan ya cika ka'idojin tsaro na tarayya.