Elon Musk is donating the money for Flint schools to have clean drinking water.
 

CNN: Flint schools are getting safe water fountains thanks to Elon Musk

In case you\don't believe everything you read: Fox Business: Elon Musk donates $480K to help solve Flint water crisis
I did not want to create a new thread, but when I searched for Flint, I did not see any references to its water. This does not seem like a permanent solution. Is anyone working on that?

Put in a rain water cistern is the only semi permanent solution I can think of that could be done quickly.

That is a very good solution, at least until the lead pipes and other problems are fixed. Has anyone tried to do this?

Could Rainwater Harvesting Solve Flint’s Water Crisis?

I'm buying a 1,000 gallon water tank any day now.
If it will work in NM it will work there.

I am sure that it would work most places, but I do not know how many people in Flint could afford $500 for the tank alone, but if they have gutters a 55-gallon barrel would be a start.

Unfortunately, that would not help people who live in apartments, but I am sure that it would not take long to pay off a $50 drum if you are going through ten gallons of bottled water a day.

Yeah it will require someone else's money.

When this started there were people around there who said they didn't even have anything to put water in.

I've got one of these setting out back on pier blocks

https://www.dudadiesel.com/img/items/275tote444.jpg
https://www.dudadiesel.com/img/items/275tote444.jpg

275 gallons/1000 liters. I think I paid ~$120.

Yeah the "food grade" IBC totes go for around $100 used.