article_snippet: Less than an hour's drive from one of Earth's great fresh water sources, some people in Flint are searching for a drop worth drinking.
article_snippet: Since Flint broke away from the Detroit water system last year, residents have been unhappy with the smell, taste and appearance of water from Flint's river as residents await the completion of a pipe to Lake Huron.
article_snippet: And while many Detroit suburbs have long dreamed of breaking many Detroit suburbs dependence on Flint's water, further-away Flint is the first to risk further-away Flint — and test whether the potential savings are worth going further-away Flint alone.
article_snippet: further-away Flint had long chafed at the Detroit Water & Sewerage Department's rising prices.
article_snippet: Flint officials estimated the cost of buying water from Detroit this year at $16 million, and the overall annual cost of switching to the new Karegnondi Water Authority would be $12.5 million.
article_snippet: Since Flint broke away from the Detroit water system last year, residents have been unhappy with the smell, taste and appearance of water from the city's river.
article_snippet: Palladeno, who considers the citya guinea pig,' and others are angered by the decision to let the GM Engine Plant stop using Flint water and link with a township that gets water from Detroit.
article_snippet: Activists have urged Flint to return to Detroit's system, which has offered to reconnect the city at last year's rates.
article_snippet: Other Detroit water customers are watching how the situation unfolds.
article_snippet: Water from the Flint River rushes into the Flint water treatment plant in Flint, Michigan in this April 2014 file photo .
highlights_snippet: Since Flint, Michigan, broke away from the Detroit water system last year, residents have been unhappy with the water's taste and smell .
  