Their headquarters are located in the heart of the United Market District of Washington, DC, and work with like-minded subject matter experts across the United States. Rumors that have not been reported for lead pollution in Flint, Michigan, have begun to spread in water quality communities. They recognize that consumer filters that are distributed to Flint residents will fail prematurely because they were not designed to handle high levels of lead in Flint water. It was then that Hydroviv was established and began to develop, build, and donate high-capacity lead removal filters to affected families and child-centred organizations in Flint, Michigan. These early donation efforts were praised by the Chicago Tribune. It continued to donate water filters to Flint residents, who did not take a penny from anyone at Flint. Hydroviv stems from charity.