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Category: Drinking Water

Posted inDrinking Water, Latest News, News, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Wisconsin

Former state toxicologist says nitrate drinking water standards are too lax

by Wisconsin Examiner July 30, 2024
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Detroit, Drinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Featured, Gary Wilson, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Latest News, Michigan, News, Policy, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Who We Are and What We Do

Detroit legislator takes the long view on Michigan’s water affordability struggles

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now July 22, 2024
Posted inDrinking Water, Featured, Flint, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Michigan Bottlers Still Get Free Water, Despite Governor’s Tough Talk

by ProPublica June 6, 2024
Posted inBooks, Authors, Art and Music, Drinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Feature Lead, Featured, Flint, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Groundwater Contamination, Guest Article, History and Culture, Infrastructure, Interview, Latest News, Lead, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Great Lakes Now sits down with director of Flint water crisis film “Lead and Copper”

by Great Lakes Now December 22, 2023
Posted inDrinking Water, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Protect, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

PFAS experts gather to address growing chemical crisis

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now December 19, 2023
Posted inDrinking Water, Featured, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Michigan toddlers to receive universal lead testing under new legislation

by Planet Detroit September 22, 2023
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Drinking Water, Featured, Illinois, Latest News, Michigan, News, Ohio, Pennsylvania, PFAS News Roundup, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

PFAS News Roundup: Impact of PFAS on farming, proposed cuts to the EPA

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now September 12, 2023
Posted inDrinking Water, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Groundwater Contamination, Guest Article, Latest News, Lead, Michigan, News, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Government watchdog: EPA slow to raise alarm in Benton Harbor water crisis

by Bridge Michigan September 8, 2023
Posted inChicago, Drinking Water, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Illinois, Infrastructure, Lake Michigan, Latest News, News, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Chicago Suburbs, Running Out of Water, Will Tap Lake Michigan

by Circle of Blue September 6, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Drinking Water, Featured, Indiana, Latest News, Michigan, Minnesota, News, Ohio, PFAS, PFAS News Roundup, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

PFAS News Roundup: PFAS likely present in all major water supplies, Court rules against restrictions on PFAS in Michigan

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now August 29, 2023

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  • This northern Michigan program hopes to cultivate the next generation of farmers
    “Nobody gets into farming for sane reasons, other than the sanity of knowing where your food comes from and just general health,” said one student at the Great Lakes Incubator Farm, which teaches people how to work in agriculture.
  • Great Lakes shipping lost third of season to ‘inadequate icebreaking’
    The Lake Carriers Association said in a report that it lost 82 shipping days this year because the US Coast Guard failed to break enough ice. Despite repeated attempts, Congress hasn’t invested in a new icebreaker for the Great Lakes.
  • Whitefish waning. Should Michigan have commercial trout, walleye catches?
    Bills under consideration in the House aim to expand commercial access to walleye and trout as whitefish catch rates plummet. Recreational fishing advocates and state fishing regulators object.

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