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A state Senate committee has approved $28 million to help the city Flint deal with its water crisis.
The money was requested in the governor’s State of the State address to help supply the Flint with bottled water, water filters and testing kits.
The same legislation moved swiftly through the House last week. Senate Appropriations Committee Chair, Senator Dave Hildenbrand, says they’ve made some changes to the bill but notes that all the money will still go toward addressing the situation in Flint.
He says since people from across the nation have been helping with bottle water contributions, they could move some of the money away from direct purchase of water and put it toward public health assessments.
The measure now heads to the full Senate.
Flint has been combating high lead levels in its drinking water since switching its water source from the Detroit system to the Flint River.
The city was under state management at the time.
