FLINT, MI -- Bottled water has officially ended for Flint residents.

The state Department of Environmental Quality announced the four remaining water Point Of Distribution sites, or PODs, are closed as of Tuesday evening.

"Given the current demand for bottled water over the last several days, the supply has been exhausted," reads an April 10 MDEQ statement. "The four (PODs) are now permanently closed and will not reopen. POD workers will be offered a continued two-week paid work experience."

Officials announced Friday, April 6, it was ending the free water program after testing showed Flint's water quality was below federal action levels for lead for nearly two years.

Access and functional needs deliveries will also end.

The news sent residents rushing to the sites to stock up on water before the state-funded supply ran out, with officials estimating the current supply would last for a week at most.

Current testing puts the 90th percentile at 4 ppb of lead, which is below the federal action level of 15 ppb, according to the state.

Flint's supply of bottled water has been an issue since Gov. Rick Snyder recognized lead contamination in the city's water system in January 2016.

The water crisis unfolded while the city was run by a series of emergency managers, appointed by Snyder, putting pressure on the state to clean-up the water system and provide safe drinking water in the interim.

Flint Mayor Karen Weaver has requested a face-to-face meeting with Gov. Rick Snyder to discuss the state's move.

Instead of bottled water, Snyder told Weaver in a letter last week that the state would now focus on "health, education and economic development assistance needed to help move Flint forward."

The mayor has advocated for the bottled water program to continue until the city has replaced all residential lead and galvanized water service lines -- a job that could take another two years to complete.

In a news conference Monday, Weaver called the state's bottled water decision "really sad" and "insensitive to the people," and said she had requested a meeting to discuss the issue further with Snyder.

It was Snyder who recognized a water emergency in Flint in January 2016, after emergency managers he appointed made a series of decisions to change the city's water source to the Flint River in April 2014.

The DEQ never required the city to treat the river water to make it less corrosive to pipes and plumbing in homes, causing lead to leach into the water supply.

Flint water has also been suspected of having triggered outbreaks of Legionnaires' disease while the river was in use for 17 months.

Two emergency managers, 10 state and three city employees have since been charged with criminal wrongdoing related to the water crisis.

Snyder's April 6 letter to Weaver says that state taxpayers have provided more than $350 million for water quality improvements, pipe replacements, health care, nutritional food distribution, educational resources and job training since he recognized the water emergency.

Bottled water alone has cost the state an average of $22,000 a day in 2018.

City council members discussed Monday night potentially funding an additional month of bottled water at the distribution sites at an estimated $2 million from the city's general fund, but no vote was taken on the matter.

Residents can call 810-238-6700 with questions about filter usage or to schedule a home visit by a CORE member, according to the MDEQ. The CORE program was established to ensure Flint residents are properly installing, using and maintaining their water filters and aware of available resources.