A judge has declared a mistrial in a dispute over partial liability for the Flint Water Crisis. The jury couldn’t reach a verdict after hearing months of evidence against two engineering firms, Veolia North America and Lockwood, Andrews & Newman. The companies were accused of not doing enough to get Flint to treat the highly corrosive water or to urge the city to return to a regional water supplier. The jury began deliberations on July 25th but also took a planned 11-day break before returning Tuesday. Flint’s water became contaminated in 2014 when water pulled from the Flint River wasn’t treated to reduce the corrosive effect on lead pipes. Veolia and LAN say bad decisions by state and local officials caused the crisis.