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Author Archives: Michigan Public

Posted inDrinking Water, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Industry, Infrastructure, Latest News, Michigan, Municipalities, News, Policy, Politics, Region, Water Quality, Water's True Cost

Short-changing Michigan local governments has resulted in deteriorating water systems and other services

by Michigan Public May 9, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inAlgae Blooms, Drinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Featured, Forests and Plants, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Groundwater Contamination, Industry, Infrastructure, Latest News, Michigan, Municipalities, News, Politics, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality, Water's True Cost

Michigan’s lack of septic system regulations is causing problems for some of its most pristine lakes

by Michigan Public May 4, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inAdvocacy, Budget, Drinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Industry, Infrastructure, Latest News, Michigan, Municipalities, News, Policy, Politics, Protect, Region, The States, Water Quality, Water's True Cost

Many Rural Towns Have Neglected Drinking Water Systems for Decades

by Michigan Public May 3, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inDrinking Water, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Groundwater Contamination, Latest News, Michigan, News, PFAS, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality

Research finds more PFAS coming out of wastewater treatment plants than going in

by Michigan Public April 14, 2022
Posted inDrinking Water, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Industry, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Protect, Region, Water Quality

Legislation to be introduced to restrict water withdrawals for bottled water and increase protections for groundwater

by Michigan Public March 8, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inDrinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Groundwater Contamination, Latest News, Lead, Michigan, News, Politics, Region, Water Quality

Benton Harbor residents should keep drinking bottled water, but EPA says filters work on lead

by Michigan Public March 7, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inEnbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Industry, Latest News, Michigan, News, Ohio, Ontario, Politics, Region

Gas and oil industry report projects fuel price hikes if Enbridge Line 5 is shut down

by Michigan Public March 4, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inDrinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Flint, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Groundwater Contamination, Latest News, Lead, Michigan, News, Politics, Region, Water Quality

Trial begins in lawsuit against engineering firms that advised Flint during water crisis

by Michigan Public March 2, 2022
Posted inClimate, Enbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Industry, Latest News, Michigan, News, Ontario, Politics, Protect, Region, Science, Technology & Research, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments, Water Quality

Line 5’s impact on climate change being reviewed as part of tunnel decision

by Michigan Public February 18, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inDrinking Water, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Groundwater Contamination, Infrastructure, Michigan, News, Region, Water Quality

Searching for help. Where can homeowners get money to fix failing septic systems?

by Michigan Public January 20, 2022November 9, 2025

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Latest News

  • Line 5 tunnel in Michigan clears major permitting hurdle, in blow to opposition
    Despite "adverse" impacts on ecological and tribal resources, state regulators said it's better than an oil spill in the Great Lakes.
  • Air quality alerts issued for northern Michigan as wildfire smoke blankets region
    Events were canceled and people were urged to stay indoors amid warnings of health risks from the plume drifting down from Minnesota and Canada.
  • The AI Boom Is Prolonging Indiana’s Fossil Fuel Era, With Hidden Costs for Water
    Gas turbines and an old coal plant are expected to consume nearly 7 billion gallons of water annually in service of a new Amazon data center.

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