"In Flint, Fears of Showering Bring Desperate Measures"

"FLINT, Mich. — Near the top of the daily challenges that Flint residents face in a city without safe drinking water is how and where to shower.

Families are going to extraordinary lengths to find places where they can bathe without fear, taking measures that many say add to the upheaval that has been part of their lives since state officials confirmed last fall that their water was contaminated with dangerous levels of lead.

Some have found cheap memberships at gyms just outside the city and use them to bathe more than exercise. Others waited in a long line last month to receive contraptions called Pump-N-Sprays: nozzles and foot pumps that can be attached to five-gallon bottles of water as makeshift showers."

Abby Goodnough reports for the New York Times April 13, 2016.