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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 inAbout Great Lakes Now, Drinking Water, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Forever Chemicals Featured, Latest News, News, PFAS, PFAS News Roundup, Policy, Politics, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

PFAS News Roundup: Wisconsin board passes weakened state standards, stream trout contaminated

by Natasha Blakely March 3, 2022
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 inDrinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Industry, Infrastructure, Latest News, News, Politics, Protect, Water Quality

Risky Drinking Water Pathogen Has Outsized Effect on Black Americans

by Circle of Blue February 25, 2022
Posted inDrinking Water, Drinking Water News Roundup, Fish, Birds and Animals, Groundwater Contamination, Illinois, Indiana, Infrastructure, Latest News, Lead, Michigan, News, Ohio, Ontario, Politics, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality

Drinking Water News Roundup: New DNA computer can reveal water contaminants, HydroOne team works on oil spill cleanup

by Maya Sundaresan February 24, 2022
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Advocacy, Books, Authors, Art and Music, Culture, Drinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Latest News, Michigan, News, Ontario, Politics, Region, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do

Canada’s Maude Barlow chronicles 40 years of activism in new book, “Still Hopeful”

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now February 23, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inDrinking Water, Drinking Water News Roundup, Equity and Environmental Justice, Featured, Groundwater Contamination, Illinois, Industry, Latest News, Lead, Michigan, Minnesota, News, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Politics, Region, Water Quality

Drinking Water News Roundup: New Illinois water quality bill, Minnesota mine lease canceled, Ontario’s wetland filtration

by Maya Sundaresan February 1, 2022
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Culture, Drinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Forever Chemicals Featured, Illinois, Indigenous Communities, Lake Superior, Latest News, Michigan, PFAS News Roundup, Policy, Politics, Region, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

PFAS News Roundup: PFAS in Lake Superior fish, two Michigan locations could land on Superfund list

by Natasha Blakely January 14, 2022
Posted inAlgae Blooms, Drinking Water, Drinking Water News Roundup, Indiana, Latest News, News, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Politics, Protect, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality, Wisconsin

Drinking Water News Roundup: Toxic algae blooms in Indiana, First Nations $8B settlement, Wisconsin lead pipe replacement funding

by Maya Sundaresan January 14, 2022
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Drinking Water, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do

Combined Effort: Sierra Club to award Great Lakes News Collaborative

by Natasha Blakely January 11, 2022

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  • North Bay’s PFAS problem: 5 things to know about a ‘forever chemicals’ hotspot in Ontario
    In a small northern city, citizens have launched a class-action lawsuit over decades-old PFAS pollution. The city and federal government, meanwhile, are working on a $122-million clean-up.
  • Enbridge to Pay $275K Settlement for 2019 Wisconsin Spill After DOJ Action
    The Wisconsin Department of Justice announced a $275,000 settlement Thursday with energy firm Enbridge for alleged violations of the state’s spills law over a 2019 spill in Jefferson County.
  • Scientists have a new tool in the fight against toxic algal blooms: buoys
    University of Toledo researchers have developed a system of buoys that slowly release algaecide into the surrounding water.

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