Singer Cher to donate 180,000 bottles of drinking water to Flint in Michigan

The residents of the city of Flint in Michigan are struggling for drinking water since 2014 because available water is contaminated with lead pollution. Hence, singer and actress Cher has decided to send 180,000 bottles of fresh water for its 100,000 residents.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 17 January 2016.

Cher is an Oscar winner and has said that this is a tragedy of staggering proportion.
It seems Flint's 100,000 residents have not had access to safe drinking water ever since 2014, when officials had begun to draw water from the Flint River as a temporary cost-cutting measure while a pipeline was built from Lake Huron. Unfortunately, the corrosive water was not treated properly, which led to the problem.
The foul-smelling water is making people vomit, break out in rashes and lose their hair. The state officials had initially downplayed concerns over levels of lead, but then committed to rectify the situation by sanctioning $10.6m to reconnect the city with Detroit and to install filters, testing and other services.
Flint has returned to using Detroit water in October.
President Barack Obama has signed an emergency declaration paving the way for federal aid to deal with the crisis. As such, Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will provide water, water filters, water filter cartridges and water test kits among other supplies, for up to three months.
The 181,440 bottles that Cher is donating are expected to reach the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan from Wednesday.


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