(CNN)As Michigan ends a free bottled water program in Flint claiming the water quality has been restored, some residents don’t believe it’s safe to drink or use yet.
Testing has showed the levels of lead in the city’s water are below the federal limit and the water’s quality is "well within the standards," Michigan Gov.
Nearly four years after the devastating crisis began, many residents in Flint can’t believe it’s safe to drink the city’s water.
Ariana Hawk has relied heavily on bottled water after three of her children developed rashes on their legs, arms and faces.
"I don’t trust the filter, I don’t trust the water," Hawk told CNN affiliate WJRT.
"Everything that me and my kids do from cooking to boiling their water for a bath, we’re using bottled water, I do not trust anything."
On Friday, residents rushed to the four remaining water distribution centers across the city as they tried to get a last batch of the government sponsored water.
"It’s like they don’t care," Parks told CNN affiliate WNEM about state officials.
The switch caused lead to leach from pipes into the city’s drinking water.
These efforts include rerouting the water supply, replacing corroded water pipes and distributing bottled water and filters.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Four remaining free bottled water stations will close in Flint, Michigan Gov.
Rick Snyder announced Friday, more than two years after the state opened them in response to a man-made, lead-tainted drinking water crisis that threatened the health of its residents.
“We will now focus even more of our efforts on continuing with the health, education and economic development assistance needed to help move Flint forward.” Residents and local officials criticized the move, noting that many in the city of 100,000 remain distrustful after their water supply was contaminated with lead for 18 months.
The contamination happened in 2014 and 2015 when officials used river water that wasn’t properly treated.
“Out of an abundance of caution we encourage residents to use filters until their confidence in tap water is restored,” Brown said.
The state began shutting down Flint’s nine total free bottled water sites last summer, after test results showed lead and copper levels had dipped below federal action levels.
Flint resident Melissa Mays — who filed a lawsuit that led to a court-ordered agreement under which the state and federal governments are paying to replace pipes made from lead or galvanized steel — said she still cooks with bottled water.
More than 6,200 homes have had their pipes replaced so far, according to Snyder’s announcement.
State lawmakers from Flint also expressed dismay at the announcement.
“You can’t restore the trust that was lost from 2014 to 2015,” he said.

Michigan will no longer supply free bottled water to the city of Flint.
Flint was plagued with lead-tainted drinking water in a crisis for years.
But other lawmakers denounced the decision to end the supply of free bottled water.
The state of Michigan will no longer supply free bottled water to Flint, the city once plagued with lead-tainted drinking water in a crisis that drew national attention, officials said on Friday.
For nearly two years, tests have shown that Flint’s water is the same or better than similar cities across the state, a statement from Michigan Governor Rick Snyder’s office said.
"Since Flint’s water is now well within the standards set by the federal government, we will now focus even more of our efforts on continuing with the health, education and economic development assistance needed to help move Flint forward."
"The people of Flint deserve better," NRDC health director Erik Olson said.
Officials from the city of Flint did not respond to requests for comment.
Flint switched its public water source from Lake Huron to the Flint River in a cost-cutting move in April 2014.
The polluted river water caused lead to leach from pipes.

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State testing has shown Flint’s water supply has passed federal standards for nearly two years.
Officials say there is less than a week’s worth of bottled water left to distribute, but the supply might dwindle faster as residents react to the news.
Flint’s water supply was switched from Lake Huron to the Flint River in 2014.
But a lack of proper water treatment caused dangerous levels of lead to get into the water.
Residents, including children, had toxic amounts of lead in their blood.
At least 12 people died of Legionnaires’ disease.

The state of Vermont issued a "Do Not Drink" order to tenants of the Rutland Airport Business Park in Clarendon, following the detection of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the water.
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Anni Ritter, comptroller at Knight Kitchens — a company that makes custom cabinetry — says they’ve been using bottled water at their Clarendon plant for years, so she says there will be little impact to their 22 employees.
She said when they first built their company headquarters more than 20 years ago, they were told the water was not safe to drink.
“But it’s always been a little foggy, so we did not trust to drink it," said Ritter, adding: "We’ve purchased bottled water for over 20 years."
"— Geof Brown, Vermont Country Store Geof Brown, executive vice president at the Vermont Country Store — which has a warehouse and onsite bakery in the Rutland Airport Business Park — says they immediately switched to bottled water and had their food products tested.
He said the state has assured them their food products are safe.
"We feel confident in the state of Vermont and what they’re doing to quickly react to get the right type of treatment in," Brown said.
"And as soon as we learned from the airport park we went into immediate remediation to make sure that we were protecting our employees and our customer base."
In its press release, the state announced: "Because PFAS were found in the business park wells, the state will test drinking water supplies along Route 7B adjacent to the business park."

FLINT (WJRT) (4/4/2018) – Flint Mayor Karen Weaver is calling on Gov.
Rick Snyder’s administration to continue providing bottle water until every lead or galvanized water pipe in the city has been replaced.
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has released several rounds of water testing results this year — including samples taken at Flint Community Schools buildings — each showing an overwhelming majority of samples with lead levels far below federal guidelines.
That has led a number of residents to question the state’s willingness to continue providing free bottled water while a three-year project to replace all lead and galvanized water service lines continues.
Weaver is calling on Snyder to continue providing free bottled water to residents and make clear the state’s commitment.
She does not want the bottled water supply to run dry until all lead and galvanized pipes are gone.
"As I have stated before and will continue to say, this is not what I want for our city and I stand by my position that free bottled water should be provided to the people of Flint until the last known lead-tainted pipe has been replaced," Weaver wrote in a letter to Snyder released to the public on Thursday.
"We know that the water in Flint is much better than when I made the Emergency Declaration in December 2015, and that is a good thing," Weaver wrote.
"However, we also know that trust has to be restored before residents are ready to rely only on filtered water."
She also requested the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality better explain their methodology behind the water testing to show how they arrived at the conclusion that most of Flint’s water is safe to drink.

FLINT, Mich. – Flint Mayor Karen Weaver has drafted a letter to Governor Rick Snyder asking him not to close the bottled water distribution sites within the city.
The continued operation of the sites, known locally as PODS, has been in question after MDEQ testing has shown water within the city meets all safety standards.
Mayor Weaver says in her letter dated April 6 that despite testing, there is ‘great anxiety’ from residents about the possible closing of the PODS.
While the mayor states in her letter she herself is not aware of when the sites will close, she urges the governor to keep them open until a detailed explanation of testing results along with how they were collected can be shared with the public.
Weaver further states her position that free bottled water should be made available to residents until all lead pipes in the city have been replaced.
According to the city, there are over 12,000 remaining homes in the city with lead or galvanized pipes.
The city’s goal is to replace 6,000 those homes’ pipes by 2019.
Each of the city’s PODS distribute free water filters and replacement cartridges to residents in addition to free bottled water.
Filters and cartridges will be available to the public until December 2018.
It is unclear when the state plans to close the four remaining PODS.

Turk and Emmy Dogan are the owners of the Gusto Grille in Leland and they don’t have a problem admitting to a little character flaw.
"When we opened the restaurant, our policy was if we don’t eat something then we won’t serve it," Dogan explained.
We don’t put any crazy things in it, no colors, unknown things, no dyes.
We like eating our own food, and if there is a kind of water that I’m not going to drink, then it’s not going into my cooking," Dogan explained.
The new sign is starting to get noticed by locals and those visiting the area.
"We walked up to the restaurant today and that sign struck me as odd.
"I think what they are doing shows that they care."
We are even going to make sure when we build our home that we put a water filtration system in," said Danny Dempsey.
Dogan says he hopes other restaurants in the area continue to take notice and stand up too.
"They always cook with the best ingredients and then when GenX came around and Turk said ‘You know what, I’m not using tap water,’ right then we knew this family was very health conscious.

As residents of Flint, Michigan, continue to live without drinkable water flowing from their pipes, a new round of testing found elevated lead levels in the water of public schools.
According to a report published by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, the approximate 4,500 children enrolled in the Flint Community Schools (FSC), the city’s public school system, attend class in buildings with potentially contaminated water.
Overall, lead of varying amounts was detected in 44.5 percent of the samples tested throughout the school district, and 4 percent were over the federal action limit.
The state-sponsored testing is the final round of data gathering before a decision is made by Michigan officials as to whether the state will continue to provide free bottled water for Flint residents.
Per MLive: FSC has its own agreement with private companies, including Walmart, to supply bottled water to students until at least the end of the current school year.
The state currently spends $22,000 per day on bottled water for the city’s residents—56.6 percent of whom are Black, with 41.2 percent living below the poverty line.
The water crisis was prompted by an April 2014 decision by the city to switch Flint’s water source from the Great Lakes Water Authority to the Flint River.
Four years after the crisis began, the city still lacks water that is safe to consume directly from the tap.
Last month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $100 million grant to the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality to fund drinking water infrastructure upgrades in Flint.
“We are excited and very grateful to receive these much needed funds,” said Weaver in a statement at the time of the announcement.

FLINT, MI — A federal grant that paid the salaries of workers who distribute bottled water in Flint has expired but the state is continuing to pay that bill — at least for now.
Michigan Talent Investment Agency Director Wanda Stokes said the 2016 federal Department of Labor Grant that covered the salaries of workers distributing filters and water in Flint ended March 31, but the services have not been discontinued.
"Notwithstanding this federal grant timeline, the state has also made a commitment to this program that includes providing funding to meet our obligations to the settlement agreement and to Flint," Stokes said in an email to MLive-The Flint Journal.
"We are glad the water quality in Flint is improving," Weaver said in a statement issued by the city.
"However, residents have made it clear that they are still concerned about the health and well-being of our community, should bottled water and filters stop being provided."
State officials have said they are currently reviewing water quality data, including testing completed last month in Flint Community Schools’ buildings, before making a decision on future water purchases for the city.
Although no timeline has been set, the decision could happen at any time, and state officials have consistently touted improved water quality, including lower lead levels, in Flint for several months.
Mayor Karen Weaver has said the state should continue to supply bottled water to Flint until all lead and galvanized service lines in the city have been replaced — something that could take up to two more years.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has warned that so much underground construction could cause particle lead to break free from water transmission pipes and enter the water system.
Four primary water distribution pods have remained open since that time as well as smaller water pickup stations, which are located at several churches in the city.