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Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Budget, Drinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Featured, Groundwater Contamination, Infrastructure, Latest News, Lead, Michigan, News, Politics, Region, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

Community Assistance: Report finds disparities in drinking water fund distribution

by Taylor Haelterman September 24, 2021November 9, 2025
Posted inClimate, COP26, Drinking Water, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Latest News, News, Policy, Politics, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality

‘The Opportunity Is Now’: Water Advocates View Upcoming UN Climate Conference as Moment of Relevance

by Circle of Blue September 16, 2021
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Climate, Drinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Featured, Industry, Infrastructure, Latest News, News, Politics, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do

Q&A: Climate, equity and diversity top priorities for new national non-profit executive

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now September 15, 2021November 9, 2025
Posted inClimate, Culture, Drinking Water, Enbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Indigenous Communities, Industry, Latest News, Minnesota, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality

Amid Extreme Heat and Drought, Line 3 Pipeline Construction Puts Water At Risk

by Circle of Blue September 4, 2021November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Drinking Water, Featured, Latest News, News, Politics, The States, Water Quality, Water Withdrawals, Who We Are and What We Do

Question of Diversion: Great Lakes governors group silent on future water threats

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now August 27, 2021
Posted inClimate, Drinking Water, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Latest News, News, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality

Droughts Push More People to Migrate Than Floods

by Circle of Blue August 25, 2021
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Culture, Drinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Feature Detroit, Featured, Flint, Forever Chemicals Featured, Illinois, Indiana, Indigenous Communities, Latest News, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, News, Ohio, Ontario, PFAS, Politics, Region, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do

Drinking Water Roundup: Senate passes $1 trillion infrastructure bill, Canada reaches $8 billion settlement with First Nations

by Rachel Duckett August 12, 2021
Posted inDrinking Water, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Latest News, News, Water Quality

Cheap Cybersecurity Defenses Exist, But They’re Not Reaching Water Utilities Who Need Them

by Circle of Blue August 12, 2021
Posted inDrinking Water, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Infrastructure, Latest News, Michigan, News, Policy, Politics, Region, Water Quality

Toilet water is fouling Michigan’s water. State eyes loans to fix septics.

by Bridge Michigan August 11, 2021
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Drinking Water, Feature Detroit, Featured, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do

Industry Woes: Water industry struggles with both competitive hiring and retiring workforce

by Taylor Haelterman August 11, 2021November 9, 2025

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Latest News

  • Milwaukee Water Works reduces fluoride in drinking water by half due to shortage
    Utilities nationwide have seen supply challenges due to domestic constraints and the ongoing Iran War.
  • Illinois Governor signs landmark plastic pollution bill to protect Great Lakes
    Illinois is the first Great Lakes state to classify plastic pellets as a pollutant, a move advocates say helps keep millions of pellets out of the region’s waterways.
  • Seedling data shows Michigan forests under pressure from climate change, deer, disease
    For three decades, Michigan State University researchers have gone to Manistee National Forest to study seedlings to find out about the future of Michigan’s forests.

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