After months of finger-pointing over who is responsible for the water contamination problem in Flint, Mich., a scathing report squarely names the very people who vowed to root out who was to blame — the state itself.

The report, issued Wednesday by an independent investigations task force, said the state of Michigan, under the leadership of Gov. Rick Synder, was “fundamentally accountable” because agencies charged with enforcing drinking water regulations and protecting public health had failed to do their job.

What happened in Flint, the five-member panel said, was “a story of government failure, intransigence, unpreparedness, delay, inaction, and environmental injustice.”