--- description: The water crisis is far from over title: Flint Michigan Gets Bottled Water from Governor Rick Snyder image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0ec3ba3017cfe7ea/69887857196cf43bc9039c6c/flint-water-residents.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Environment](/tag/environment/) ## Environment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Michigan Governor Sends Bottled Water to Flint by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 11, 2016 12:09 AM CUT  Flint residents line up for free bottled water as activists protest outside of City Hall to protest Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder's handling of the water crisis in Flint, Mich., on Jan. 8, 2016. Flint residents line up for free bottled water as activists protest outside of City Hall to protest Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder's handling of the water crisis in Flint, Mich., on Jan. 8, 2016.Jake May—The Flint Journal-MLive.com/AP by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 11, 2016 12:09 AM CUT Four days after declaring a state of emergency over a [water crisis](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/flint-michigan-declares-state-emergency-amid-lead-drinking-water-scare-n480636 "undefined") in Flint, Michigan, Governor Rick Snyder is providing the city with bottled water and other supplies, Snyder’s office announced Saturday. The news came as churches, local organizations and out-of-state donors worked to provide drinking water — and as [criticism mounted from residents](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/michigan-fails-hand-out-bottled-water-lead-poisoned-flint-n493001 "undefined") who wondered how the governor could seemingly declare a state of emergency without backing it up. The crisis in Flint began nearly two years ago, when the city abandoned its old water source — Lake Huron — and opted for a cheaper one, Flint River. [_Read more from our partners at NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/after-declaring-emergency-michigan-governor-gives-water-flint-n493661 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4174455/flint-michigan-bottled-water-emergency/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4174455/flint-michigan-bottled-water-emergency/"},"headline":"Michigan Governor Sends Bottled Water to Flint","datePublished":"2016-01-11T00:09:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:56:22.046Z","description":"The water crisis is far from over","url":"https://time.com/4174455/flint-michigan-bottled-water-emergency/","keywords":["Environment","Flint"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0ec3ba3017cfe7ea/69887857196cf43bc9039c6c/flint-water-residents.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0ec3ba3017cfe7ea/69887857196cf43bc9039c6c/flint-water-residents.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Flint residents line up for free bottled water as activists protest outside of City Hall to protest Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder's handling of the water crisis Friday, Jan. 8, 2016 in Flint. Mich. (Jake May/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP) LOCAL TELEVISI","caption":"Flint residents line up for free bottled water as activists protest outside of City Hall to protest Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder's handling of the water crisis Friday, Jan. 8, 2016 in Flint. Mich. (Jake May/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP) LOCAL TELEVISI","creditText":"Jake May—The Flint Journal-MLive.com/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/environment/","name":"Environment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4174455/flint-michigan-bottled-water-emergency/","name":"Michigan Governor Sends Bottled Water to Flint"}}]}] ```