LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The state of Michigan restricted Flint from switching water sources last April unless it got approval from Gov. Rick Snyder's administration under the terms of a $7 million loan needed to help the city emerge from state management, according to a document released Wednesday. By the time the loan agreement was in place, complaints about Flint's water quality were growing louder, but officials had not yet discovered that improperly treated Flint River water had caused lead to leach from aging pipes. At the time, Flint's state-appointed emergency manager said that switching back to Detroit-supplied water would cost the city more than $1 million a month and that the Detroit...
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