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Siblings Julie, Antonio, and India Abram collect their daily allowance of bottled water from Fire Station #3. Located on Martin Luther King Avenue, it is one of five firehouses that have become water resource sites in Flint, Michigan.
Photographs by Wayne Lawrence
PUBLISHED Tue Feb 09 07:00:00 EST 2016
The water contamination crisis in Flint, Michigan has forced the city's residents to dramatically change how they live. Everyday tasks like bathing, tooth brushing, and cooking have become difficult chores as the threat of lead poisoning and other maladies looms in the tap water.
Five of Flint’s fire stations now serve as bottled water dispensaries. It's the only way many people can get potable water. Even though the city no longer draws its water from the contaminated Flint River, the pipes, which were damaged by the river water, continue to leach lead, and a federal disaster declaration remains in place. .................
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Hillary Clinton partners with Flint mayor on city water initiative
Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton smiles as she gets a smattering of applause and a standing ovation from hundreds of Flint residents next to Flint Mayor Karen Weaver before speaking about the Flint water crisis Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016 at the House of Prayer Missionary Baptist Church in Flint. Jake May | MLive.com
Roberto Acosta | racosta1@mlive.com By Roberto Acosta
updated March 06, 2016 at 12:13 AM
FLINT, MI – Mayor Karen Weaver will be joined by Chelsea Clinton to announced a water initiative just a few hours ahead of the the March 6 Democratic presidential debate in Flint.
A press conference has been scheduled for Sunday afternoon at Mott Community College, 1401 E. Court St. to announce the "Flint WaterWorks" initiative, in partnership with Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
"Flint WaterWorks is a new program which will provide Flint youth with jobs distributing clean water, healthy food and nutrition information and services to families in need," reads a statement from the city.
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Clinton visited House of Prayer Missionary Baptist Church in Flint last month to discuss the city's ongoing water crisis, as did fellow candidate Bernie Sanders who held a community forum Feb. 25 at Woodside Church on the city's east side.
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