Flint Church In Need Of Clean Drinking Supply Gets Help With Water Box Launch
With Water Box, a portable filtration system created with support from Jaden Smith, First Trinity Missionary Baptist Church hopes to help ensure residents’ access to safe drinking water.
ince 2016, First Trinity Missionary Baptist Church in Flint has been distributing water every week to local residents to combat the town’s water crisis.
In the beginning, the church handed out water bottles five days a week, First Trinity spokesperson Catrina Tillman told MLive. As donations dwindled over the years, they’ve had to reduce that to just three days a week. On those days, cars start lining up outside the church about two hours early, she said.
“A lot of those cars we have to turn away because by 10:30 a.m. those five pallets of water are gone,” she said. “We’re in the business of serving the community and we have to turn away people who’ve waited two hours, it’s very disheartening.”
In response to the shortage, First Trinity has gotten help from an unusual source: 20-year-old rapper Jaden Smith.
On Saturday he unveiled the Water Box, a portable filtration system intended to supplement the church’s water bottle distribution.
The Water Box filters out lead and other contaminants and can produce up to 10 gallons of clean drinking water per minute, Detroit ABC affiliate WXYZ reports. Flint residents will be able to collect the water in their own containers during scheduled distribution times.
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