Michigan Governor Rick Snyder, whose approval ratings collapsed over the Flint water crisis, pledged this week to drink filtered Flint water for a month Snyder said it’s only fair as he’s been urging Flint residents to switch from bottled to filtered water So technically, he’ll be drinking clean water, not the lead-contaminated water the public drank, cooked and bathed with for months Snyder’s announcement comes after researchers’ say the water recovery process is lagging because Flint residents are hesitant to use the water