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Elon Musk donation to Flint will provide clean water for schools
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Flint, Michigan, announced last week that Elon
Musk and the Musk Foundation have donated $480,350 to
provide Flint Community Schools (FCS) — the city’s public
school district — with water filtration systems for their water
fountains. -
The water filtration systems will be installed by the
end of January, the city of Flint said. -
Elon Musk said in July that he would help pay to fix
the water in every house in Flint, Michigan, that has water
contamination levels above federal guidelines. -
Flint mayor Karen Weaver said in a statement that she
had discussed with Musk representatives “several challenges our
city is still facing,” one of which involved water in the
city’s schools.
Flint, Michigan, announced last week that Elon Musk and the Musk
Foundation have donated $480,350 to provide Flint Community
Schools (FCS) — the city’s public school district — with water
filtration systems for their water fountains. The systems will
disinfect water tainted by lead and other bacteria, the city of
Flint
said in a statement.
“The new water filtration systems will be instrumental in
helping our students return to the normalcy of what should be a
fundamental right: having access to safe, clean water from water
fountains in their school,” FCS superintendent Derrick Lopez said
in the statement.
The water filtration systems will be installed by the end
of January, the city of Flint said, and
FCS
said on Twitter that all of the water fountains in its
schools will receive filters.
“You’re most welcome. Hope to do more to help in the
future,” Musk said
on Twitter in response FCS’ tweet.
Musk
said in July that he would help pay to fix the water in every
house in Flint, Michigan, that has water contamination levels
above federal guidelines.
“Please consider this a commitment that I will fund fixing
the water in any house in Flint that has water contamination
above FDA levels,”
he said
on Twitter
. “No kidding.”
Musk was responding to a Twitter user who said he had been
told Musk wouldn’t be able to help bring clean water to Flint,
whose residents have grappled
with lead-contaminated water since 2014. The
Environmental Protection Agency regulates
drinking water in the US, while the Food and Drug
Administration regulates bottled water.
Flint mayor Karen Weaver said in a statement that she had
discussed with Musk representatives “several challenges our city
is still facing,” one of which involved water in the city’s
schools.
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