Before then, though, we will be interviewing people from Flint who can give us more insight into this colossal failure. Shameful that much of the blame lies on the doorstep of local government who decided to change sources of water to save money and failed miserably to safeguard that source. This is an environmental and economic disaster that fails in unimaginable ways.
Yet, we know the "rest of the story", as Paul Harvey loved to say, will be a correction, remediation and success of people, technology and GOOD economics restoring safe water supplies to this city. We know, too, we will learn many valuable lessons from Flint's incredibly poor management of their most critical resource--water, of course--and will seek, from here, to safeguard supplier in many other vulnerable cities with archaic,decaying infrastructure.
As residents of Flint are still wrestling with contaminated water, local companies are stepping-up to help their fellow neighbors. One company we want to showcase who is doing their part in Flint it Boxed Water, an eco-friendly packaged water company based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, they announced this week that it will be donating to the local Flint, Michigan, residents to provide relief and support for the ongoing water crisis in the city.
Boxed Water will deliver water to local Flint organizations starting on Monday, February 1. The Boxed Water donation project will start with an initial shipment of 11,520 units and further donations throughout the month of February.
"We feel for the local community and those impacted by the Flint water crisis, and as a Michigan based water company, we strongly believe it's our responsibility to help the community during this time," commented David Lee, Chief Operating Officer for Boxed Water. "We encourage everyone involved to continue donations and continue volunteering time and energy to raise awareness for this issue and to help those in need during this time."
Boxed Water is a sustainable packaged-water company that enables socially conscious consumption by re-thinking the way water is sold, shipped and consumed. Founded in 2009, Boxed Water is an alternative to bottled water that is built on three principles: sustainability, efficiency and philanthropy. Each carton is recyclable and made using renewable paper from well-managed forests. Boxed Water has also reduced its carbon footprint and increased efficiency by shipping its cartons flat to its plants to be filled.
Once filled, its square-shape reduces shipping waste versus round bottles, reducing the number of trucks needed to transport the product. One percent of Boxed Water's annual sales support reforestation and water relief through partnerships with The National Forest Foundation and Water.org. The company currently has offices in Grand Rapids, Mich. and Los Angeles, and is currently produced and filled in Holland, Mich. and Lindon, Utah.
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