But a 2011 study had also warned that the Flint River was corrosive and needed to be treated.

但2011年的一项研究也警告称弗林特河具有腐蚀性, 需要马上采取措施。

The city's had a water crisis since its supply was switched two years ago to the polluted Flint River.

两年前，弗林特市的水源改为从被污染的弗林特河取水，从那时起该市就爆发了水危机。

In 2014, the city of Flint switched its water supply from Lake Huron to the local Flint river, in a money saving exercise.

2014年，为了节约资金，弗林特市将供水水源从休伦湖转换为当地的弗林特河。

The problem is that the Flint River is 19 times more corrosive than Lake Huron, Detroit's water source, according to researchers at Virginia Tech.

而据弗吉尼亚理工学院研究者称，问题在于弗林特市河水水质的腐蚀性是底特律水源来源休伦湖的19倍。

In 2014, to save money, the city of Flint switched its water supply from Lake Huron to the Flint River.

2014 年，为了省钱，弗林特市将供水从休伦湖转向弗林特河。

In an attempt to cut costs, city officials stopped getting pretreated water from the city of Detroit in 2014, and instead began using water from the nearby Flint River.

为了节省开支，2014年弗林特市官员停止使用底特律市处理过的用水，转而使用附近弗林特河的河水。

Now that the sun was setting in a welter of crimson behind the hills across the Flint River, the warmth of the April day was ebbing into a faint but balmy chill.

如今太阳在弗林特河对岸的群山后面一起汹涌的红霞中缓缓降落，四月白天的温暖也渐渐消退，隐隐透出丝丝的凉意。