In 2014, city officials in Flint, Michigan switched their drinking water supply from Detroit’s
system to the Flint River to save money. Poor treatment and testing of the water resulted in a
crisis. The health of many residents was affected, including the outbreak of Legionnaires'
disease (a severe form of pneumonia) that killed 12 and sickened at least 87 people between
June 2014 and October 2015. City officials ignored the problem for 18 months, but began
testing the water supply once it caught the media’s attention. The results from 2016-2018 water
tests for the amount of lead and copper in the water in parts per billion (ppb) can be seen
below.
What action from city officials would explain the results in the graph above?
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