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Category: Drinking Water

Posted inAgriculture, Algae Blooms, Drinking Water, Flint, Forever Chemicals Featured, Groundwater Contamination, Illinois, Industry, Latest News, Lead, Michigan, Minnesota, News, Ohio, Region, Water Quality

Across the U.S., millions of people are drinking unsafe water. How can we fix that?

by Ensia September 15, 2020November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Drinking Water, Feature Detroit, Groundwater Contamination, Infrastructure, Latest News, Michigan, News, Ohio, Politics, Region, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

Message to 2020 Candidates: Focus on water quality in Great Lakes states

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now September 8, 2020November 9, 2025
Posted inDrinking Water, Forever Chemicals Featured, Indiana, Latest News, News, PFAS, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality

Indiana universities receive grants to study PFAS impact on water quality

by Indiana Environmental Reporter September 2, 2020
Posted inDrinking Water, Lake Michigan, Latest News, News, Region, Water Quality, Water Withdrawals, Wisconsin

Lake Michigan Water Pipeline: Waukesha receives federal loan for water supply project

by Emily Simroth August 27, 2020November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Algae Blooms, Asian Carp, Drinking Water, Enbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Industry, Invasive Species, Lake Erie, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do

Michigan’s State of the Great Lakes: Drinking water quality garners spotlight

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now August 26, 2020November 9, 2025
Posted inDrinking Water, Forever Chemicals Featured, Latest News, Michigan, News, PFAS, PFAS News Roundup, Region, Water Quality, Wisconsin

PFAS News Roundup: PFAS in fast food packaging, every Madison well

by Samantha Cantie August 13, 2020
Posted inCulture, Drinking Water, Drinking Water News Roundup, Groundwater Contamination, Indigenous Communities, Infrastructure, Latest News, Lead, Minnesota, New York, News, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Region, Water Quality, Wisconsin

Drinking Water News Roundup: Drilling fluid contamination, mining pollution concerns, tribal community grants

by Emily Simroth August 12, 2020
Posted inCOVID-19, Drinking Water, Groundwater Contamination, Infrastructure, Latest News, Lead, News, Region, Water Quality, Wisconsin

Milwaukee significantly behind in project to replace 1,100 lead pipes by end of year

by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service August 12, 2020
Posted inCOVID-19, Drinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Feature Detroit, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Illinois, Latest News, Michigan, News, Pennsylvania, Politics, Region, Water Quality

In a time of COVID-19, millions of Americans are plagued by water debt

by Circle of Blue August 5, 2020
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Drinking Water, Forever Chemicals Featured, Industry, Latest News, Michigan, News, PFAS, Region, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do

PFAS Progress: Michigan continues legislative push for more action against PFAS

by Natasha Blakely August 5, 2020November 9, 2025

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Latest News

  • Indiana wants to be in charge of its own coal ash dumps
    More energy news as Ohio makes hundreds of millions from fracking beneath public lands and a shuttered Michigan nuclear plant nears a highly anticipated restart.
  • Former EPA staffer from Wisconsin sues after he was fired for signing letter of dissent
    Internal EPA records show agency staff found no ethics concerns and advised against firings.
  • 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.

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