Walmart, beverage-makers announce water donations for Flint

And despite Snyder’s announcement, critics immediately countered that the 2013 emails should have been included, as that was when key decisions were made regarding the use of Flint River water.

Virginia Tech researchers found the water was highly corrosive.

“So, I’m on tour and not in the United States as I’d like to be to help with this water crisis in Flint, Michigan first hand”, writes the rapper.

Brooks planned to present a list of 15 priorities drawn up by the organization during the meeting Tuesday evening. And Flint’s new mayor, Karen Weaver, has said it could cost $1.5 billion.

And Earley’s successor as Flint emergency manager, Jerry Ambrose, overruled a city council vote in March 2015 to return to Detroit water. Each member of the pair own a large stake in AQUAhydrate and each pledged to donate one million bottles of water to the Flint community.

The Community Foundation of Greater Flint (CFGF) is asking for nationwide donations to the Flint Child Health and Development Fund. The fund is created to supplement the ongoing pursuit of additional state and federal funding, backers had said.

Flint was under state oversight in 2014 when it switched from Detroit water to the Flint River to save money.

HHS also said that Medicaid regularly requires Medicaid-eligible children up to age 6 be tested for lead poisoning and that treatment is covered under Medicaid as are home investigations.

Teams from the Environmental Protection Agency are preparing to collect samples to confirm that lead is being removed by water filters in Flint.

In October, the MI legislature approved $9.4 million in aid to Flint, as well as a plan to move back to using Detroit’s water supply.

How could the river that was rejected as Flint’s permanent water source in December 2012 suddenly become suitable for consumption a mere 16 months later?

Flint’s water crisis laid bare the city’s existing social and economic justice issues, and revealed the impact of citizens being stripped of their democratic rights.

Asked why residents are being billed for water they can’t use, Moore said she would relay those questions to the city’s chief financial officer, who did not immediately provide a response. They said, like many cities, their water goes through a filtration system before ever making its way to your faucet.

On Monday, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette repeated statements that it is “an outrage” that Flint residents are being billed for water they can’t drink.

“I’m a little concerned about that because the (task force) report hasn’t been put out yet and I think duplicating efforts is not very helpful”, Meekhof said. Attorneys general represent the state and governor in lawsuits, of which there are at least four concerning Flint’s water. It’s the failure of a specific governing philosophy: Snyder’s belief that government works better if run more like a business.

Senate Minority Leader Jim Ananich, a Democrat from Flint, criticized Schuette for taking months too long to investigate, but said Tuesday that he’ll “give him the benefit of the doubt until I see otherwise”.

Within minutes, five pallets containing 12,000 bottles of water were ready to be transported to Flint, Michigan, where a state of emergency has been declared as a result of unsafe levels of lead contamination in the municipal system. The civil rights organization said the plan was developed with input from Flint residents.

Corrosion control is monitored daily and prevents materials such as lead from leaching off of old pipes into the water, he said.

Schuette declined to say how much the outside investigators will be paid.