Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha testifies during a meeting of Michigan's special Joint Committee on the Flint Water Public Health Emergency, Tuesday, March 29, 2016, at the Northbank Center in Flint, Mich. (Jake May/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP) LOCAL TELEVISION OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT
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FLINT, Mich. (AP) - A city official says he intended to treat Flint's drinking water with anti-corrosive chemicals after the switch to the Flint River but was overruled by a state regulator.
During a hearing before a legislative committee Tuesday, city utilities director Mike Glasgow said he met with a Michigan Department of Environmental Quality district engineer shortly before the switchover. He said the engineer told him a year of testing was required to determine whether it was needed.
In hindsight, Glasgow says that was a fateful moment. For nearly 18 months, Flint residents would drink tap water that had coursed through aging pipes and fixtures, scraping away lead from lines that ran from water mains to some homes and schools.
Flint residents still are advised not to drink unfiltered tap water.
State Sen. Jim Ananich, D-Flint , listens to Flint resident LeeAnne Walters testify during a meeting of Michigan's special Joint Committee on the Flint Water Public Health Emergency, Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at the Northbank Center in Flint, Mich. (Jake May/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP) LOCAL TELEVISION OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT
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Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha testifies during a meeting of Michigan's special Joint Committee on the Flint Water Public Health Emergency, Tuesday, March 29, 2016, at the Northbank Center in Flint, Mich. (Jake May/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP) LOCAL TELEVISION OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT
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Flint resident Keri Webber, left, listens as she is seated among more than 100 people who gather during a meeting of Michigan's special Joint Committee on the Flint Water Public Health Emergency, Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at the Northbank Center in Flint, Mich. (Jake May/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP) LOCAL TELEVISION OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT
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Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha testifies during a meeting of Michigan's special Joint Committee on the Flint Water Public Health Emergency, Tuesday, March 29, 2016, at the Northbank Center in Flint, Mich. (Daniel Mears/Detroit News via AP) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT
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Michigan's special Joint Committee on the Flint Water Public Health Emergency, including, from left, state Sen. Jim Stamas, Committee Clerk Scott Jones, state Sen. Jim Ananich and state Rep. Jeff Irwin listens to testimony, Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at the Northbank Center in Flint, Mich. (Daniel Mears/Detroit News via AP) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT
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Former Flint Mayor Dayne Walling testifies during a meeting of Michigan's special Joint Committee on the Flint Water Public Health Emergency on Tuesday, March 29, 2016, at the Northbank Center in downtown Flint, Mich. (Jake May/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
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Flint City Councilmen give testimony in front of Michigan's special Joint Committee on the Flint Water Public Health Emergency on Tuesday, March 29, 2016, at the Northbank Center in downtown Flint, Mich. (Jake May/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
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