The Flint water crisis began in 2014 when the drinking water source for the city of Flint, Michigan was changed to the Flint River to save funds. Due to insufficient water treatment, over 100,000 residents were potentially exposed to high levels of lead in the drinking water. 

After scientific studies proved lead contamination was present in the water supply, a federal state of emergency was declared in January 2016 and Flint residents were instructed to use only bottled or filtered water for drinking, cooking, cleaning, and bathing.

This piece is an assemblage of water bottles collected over the past year displaying 48 gallons of water representing each month without clean water in Flint.