Flint residents will continue to drink water from Detroit well into next year.
While Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump was making the rounds in Flint on Wednesday, learning about the city’s drinking water crisis, the city’s state appointed oversight board quietly approved extending a deal that delivers fresh water from Detroit.
Flint switched back to Detroit water last fall. The new extension will keep the water flowing through next Spring.
The city plans to eventually connect to the KWA pipeline that will deliver water from Lake Huron, but more construction and testing is needed before that can happen.
