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Flint City Council Seeks More Time to Choose Water Source

by Associated Press

   FLINT, MICH. --

   A judge apparently is letting a Monday deadline slip after the City
   Council in Flint, Michigan, asked for more time to choose a long-term
   source of drinking water.

   The council asked federal Judge David Lawson to reconsider his
   decision. In response, the judge told the state of Michigan to file a
   reply by Tuesday.
   Gov. Rick Snyder's administration is suing Flint to force it to approve
   a 30-year deal with the Great Lakes Water Authority, which has been
   serving the city since a lead disaster was declared in fall 2015.
   Lawson had set a Monday deadline for a decision on a long-term water
   source.
   Managers appointed by Snyder provided Flint with water from the Flint
   River in 2014. The corrosive water wasn't properly treated, and lead
   leached from old plumbing.