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Pre-switch[edit]

 * 1967–2013 – Officials for the City of Flint operate under a plan to use the Flint River as a backup emergency water source.
 * November 29, 2011 - After the city declared a state of financial emergency three weeks earlier, Governor Snyder appointed Michael Brown as the city's Emergency Manager on November 29, effective December 1. He was the first of four such managers who effectively took the place of the Mayor until 2015, when a Receivership Transition Advisory Board was appointed.
 * March 22, 2012 – County officials announce plans for a new pipeline to reduce costs by delivering water from Lake Huron to Flint.


 * April 16, 2013 – Flint Emergency Manager Ed Kurtz informs the state treasurer of Michigan that the city will be joining the Karegnondi Water Authority (KWA).
 * April 17, 2013 - Detroit terminates its water service contract. To be in effect a year later, starting in April 2014.

2014


 * April 21, 2014 – After construction delays, the water source switch to the Flint River is completed. This date is considered the start of the water crisis.
 * April 25, 2014- Flint River water starts flowing to the city of Flint, MI.
 * August 14, 2014– The city announces a water boiling advisory for parts of the city. The advisory is lifted on August 20. A second warning is issued in September.
 * October 13, 2014 – Flint’s General Motors Flint Truck Assembly plant discontinues using Flint tap water due to corroding engine parts from high levels of chlorine.

2015


 * January 2, 2015- The city of Flint is found to be in violation of the Safe Drinking Water Act due to the level of trihalomethanes.


 * January 12, 2015 – City officials decline an offer to reconnect to Lake Huron water, concerned of higher water rates.
 * January 21, 2015 – Flint residents complain of health issues caused by city water. Residents bring bottles of discolored tap water to a community meeting.
 * February 25, 2015 – EPA manager Miquel Del Toral detects that lead levels in the water at the home of Flint resident Lee-Anne Walters is seven times greater than the EPA's acceptable limit.
 * March 23, 2015 – Flint City Council members vote to reconnect with Detroit water. Emergency manager Jerry Ambrose overrules the vote.
 * June 24, 2015 – EPA manager Miquel Del Toral states in a memo that Virginia Tech scientists, led by water expert Dr. Marc Edwards, found extremely high lead levels in four homes.
 * July 9, 2015– Flint Mayor Dayne Walling drinks Flint tap water on local television in an attempt to dispel residents’ fear of drinking the water.
 * July 13, 2015 – In response to Del Toral's memo, a Michigan Department of Environmental Quality official tells Michigan Radio, “Anyone who is concerned about lead in the drinking water in Flint can relax.”
 * September 2015- Trihalomethanes levels returned to compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act.
 * September 8, 2015 – Virginia Tech’s water study team reports that 40% of Flint homes have elevated levels of lead.
 * September 9, 2015 – MDEQ spokesman Brad Wurfel states that Flint needs to upgrade its infrastructure but is skeptical about Virginia Tech’s water study.
 * September 11, 2015 – Virginia Tech recommends that the state of Michigan declare that the water in Flint is not safe for drinking or cooking.
 * September 24, 2015 – Hurley Medical Center pediatrician Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha releases her study showing 2.1% of children under the age of five had elevated blood lead levels prior to the switch to Flint River water, compared to 4.0 percent after the switch.
 * September 25, 2015- Flint issues a lead advisory to residents.
 * October 2, 2015- Rick Snyder shares that the city and state will provide free filters and water testing for Flint residents,.
 * October 15, 2015 – Michigan Governor Rick Snyder signs a bill for $9.35 million to re-connect to Detroit water and provide relief. The switch is made the following day.
 * October 16, 2015- Flint switches back to the Detroit water supplier.
 * December 14, 2015 – Flint Mayor Karen Weaver declares a state of emergency.
 * December 28, 2014- Flint Water Advisory Task Force releases a preliminary report on the crisis and concludes that primary responsibility rests with the MDEQ.
 * December 29, 2015 – MDEQ Director Dan Wyant resigns. spokesperson Brad Wurfel resign.

2016


 * January 2016 – Snyder declares a state of emergency in Genesee County.
 * January 12, 2016 – The Michigan National Guard is mobilized to help distribute water in Flint.
 * January 13, 2016 – Snyder announces an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease occurred in the Flint area between June 2014 and November 2015.
 * January 14, 2016 – Snyder asks President Barack Obama to declare a disaster in Flint.
 * January 16, 2016 – Obama declares a state of emergency in Flint and authorizes $5 million in aid.
 * January 21, 2016- EPA determined that the City of Flint's and the State of Michigan's responses to the drinking water crisis in Flint have been inadequate, EPA issues an emergency order to take action.
 * February 3, 2016 – The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform holds a hearing on the Flint water crisis.
 * February 8, 2016 – Snyder turns down a second invitation to testify at congressional hearing on the crisis.
 * March 17, 2016 – Snyder testifies before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
 * April 20, 2016 – Criminal charges are filed against government employees Michael Glasgow, Stephen Busch, and Michael Prysby.
 * May 4. 2016 – Obama visits Flint and drinks a glass of filtered Flint water.
 * July 29, 2016 – Six state workers are criminally charged as investigations continue.
 * December 20, 2016 – Four officials are charged with felonies of false pretenses and conspiracy.