The state apparently started buying bottled water for its office building in Flint more than a year ago -- even as state officials were assuring city residents that tap water here was safe to drink.

Flint was in violation of the Safe Drinking Water Act for most of 2015 because of high levels of TTHM, a colorless, odorless byproduct of chlorinating water with high levels of total organic carbon.

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