The water coming from the faucets of homes in Flint, Mich., is brown and tainted with lead, but the federal government isn’t coming to the rescue.

The problems stem from the city’s April 2014 decision to start drawing water itself from the Flint River instead of relying of the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department, a move expected to save the city of about 100,000 people about $1 million a month.

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