Billions of federal dollars could replace lead pipes. Flint has history to share

Allen Overton, pastor of Christ Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church in Flint, worries that Black and underserved communities may be left behind when new federal money for water infrastructure is used up by wealthier communities.

Cydni Elledge for NPR

On the day we visit Jeneyah McDonald, she has five pallets’ worth of bottled water in a corner of her kitchen.

“Oh, that’s low,” she says.

McDonald buys more every week for cooking, drinking and brushing teeth. She also has a filter on her tap. She checks the light to see it remains green.