One of the advantages of being a billionaire is having the ability to not only be philanthropic but also encourage others to be as well.
Hope to do more to help in the future.
“We are deeply grateful for the generosity and the budding partnership between Flint Community Schools, the Musk Foundation and Elon Musk.
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,” Lopez said.
The UV water purification method within the filtration systems will disinfect lead and bacteria coming from water pipes, allowing students in Flint to safely drink from school water fountains once more.
Flint school board president Diana Wright thanked the Musk Foundation for its donation, stating that it ensures that “students in Flint Community Schools have access to safe drinking water at the source — in drinking fountains — by way of the same type of water filtration system used by hospitals and colleges in Flint.” The water crisis in Flint has been ongoing since 2014 when the city decided to pull water from the Flint River instead of Lake Huron.
This move was made as a cost saving to the city but it ended up costing the people of Flint more than anyone could have imagined.
Hopefully, more help comes to Flint as they sorely need it.
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