Gov. Rick Snyder also set aside $28 million on Friday to help address Flint’s water contamination crisis.
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder delivers his State of the State on Jan. 19.
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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder on Friday said he didn't know state workers were receiving bottled water a year before residents did in response to lead contamination.
Criticism of the state's handling of the crisis, and of Snyder in particular, gained new steam earlier this week when leaked emails showed that state workers began receiving bottled water at work in January 2015.
Flint residents had already begun raising the alarm about their own water at that point, but Snyder didn't declare an emergency until this month.
Registered Nurse Brian Jones draws a blood sample from Grayling Stefek, 5.
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Snyder later apologized for the crisis, saying "I'm sorry and I will fix it." And on Friday, he again took responsibility for the crisis.
"This was a failure of government at every level — federal, state and local," Snyder said in a statement.
That "failure" began after Flint switched from Detroit's water supply to the Flint River in 2014 to save money. Residents later reported brown, murky water flowing from their taps and tests confirmed it was contaminated by lead pipes.
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