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Equity and Environmental JusticeFeature MilwaukeeLatest NewsMilwaukeeMott Foundation PartnershipNew YorkNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinWho in the U.S. Is in ‘Plumbing Poverty’? Mostly Urban Residents, Study Says
-Not everyone in the country has piped water at home. Study authors argue that water access in the U.S. is inseparable from housing and social inequality.
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Latest NewsMott Foundation PartnershipNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWhat Has the Trump Administration Meant for Water?
-By narrowing or repealing federal rules, the Trump administration has prioritized big business and reduced pollution protection for waterways.
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CollaborationCOVID-19DetroitFeature DetroitLatest NewsMichiganMott Foundation PartnershipNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeMichigan Allocates $20 Million to Relieve Customer Water Debts
-The state is using federal CARES Act funding to help residents pay off past-due water bills that accrued during the pandemic.
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ChicagoClevelandCollaborationDetroitFeature ClevelandFeature DetroitFeature-ChicagoIllinoisLatest NewsMichiganMott Foundation PartnershipMunicipalitiesNewsOhioPennsylvaniaLack of Utility Data Obscures Customer Water Debt Problems
-Inadequate data hampers understanding of who is most affected by overdue water bills.
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CollaborationCOVID-19Latest NewsMichiganMott Foundation PartnershipNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsHouse Democrats Ask CDC to Halt Water Shutoffs during the Pandemic
-CDC already moved to suspend evictions. Could water service be the next target for a national moratorium?
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CollaborationInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaMott Foundation PartnershipNew YorkNewsPFASU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsExplainer: Who regulates U.S. drinking water, and how?
-Federal, state and local governments all have a hand in protecting public water systems and private wells from contamination.
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AgricultureAlgae BloomsCollaborationLake ErieLatest NewsMichiganMott Foundation PartnershipNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsOne Michigan county tells the story of a nation plagued by water pollution
-Farms housing thousands of animals are one of several sources contaminating the Pine River and dividing a mid-Michigan community.
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CollaborationIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsMichiganMott Foundation PartnershipNewsRecreation, Tourism and CultureIn Michigan, rising lake levels disturb sacred ground
-Along Lake Michigan’s shores, rising waters are eroding Indigenous Odawa burial sites.
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ChicagoCollaborationCOVID-19DetroitEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature DetroitFeature-ChicagoIllinoisLatest NewsMichiganMott Foundation PartnershipNewsPennsylvaniaIn a time of COVID-19, millions of Americans are plagued by water debt
-More than 1.5 million residential customers in the U.S. owe $1.1 billion to their water departments.
