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CollaborationDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageGroundwater ContaminationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Analysis finds ‘stunning’ lack of compliance with coal ash rules, putting groundwater at risk
-Environmental groups’ comprehensive review of the latest company-reported data shows monitoring of drinking water sources is urgently needed.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterDrinking Water News RoundupIndianaInfrastructureLatest NewsLeadMichiganNew YorkNewsOhioPennsylvaniaPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Drinking Water News Roundup: New water infrastructure funding, projects, programs
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with drinking water in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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APForever Chemicals FeaturedGroundwater ContaminationLatest NewsNewsPFASPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe StatesWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsin
Evers administration relaunches efforts to limit PFAS
-Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ administration is trying again to limit the levels of a group of chemicals known as PFAS in Wisconsin’s groundwater.
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Climate ChangeFeature HomepageGroundwater ContaminationInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
America’s summer of floods: What cities can learn from today’s climate crises to prepare for tomorrow’s
-The recent floods provide case studies that can help cities everywhere manage the increasing risk.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipChicagoCoal Ash ProjectGroundwater ContaminationIllinoisNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Coal ash 101: Everything you need to know about this toxic waste
-Here are the basics that will help you understand this looming threat.
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ChicagoEquity and Environmental JusticeGroundwater ContaminationIllinoisIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake MichiganLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectThe CatchU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
The Catch: Coal ash regulation
-“The EPA has indicated that they’re going to take a more active approach going forward with the sites that are regulated under their current rules.”
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APDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature LeadFlintInfrastructureLatest NewsLeadMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Some cities could be left behind on lead pipe replacements
-In many cities, no one knows where the lead pipes lie underground.
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AdvocacyCoal Ash ProjectEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageGroundwater ContaminationIndianaIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsOhioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
To excavate or not to excavate: With toxic coal ash, that is the question
-North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia are proving it is possible for utilities to remove massive quantities of coal ash from ponds where it endangers groundwater, placing it in safer lined landfills. This could be a model for other states, but challenges remain.
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AdvocacyChicagoCoal Ash ProjectDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageGroundwater ContaminationIllinoisIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake MichiganMunicipalitiesNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Coal ash contaminating groundwater near Joliet to stay, despite residents’ and activists’ concerns
-Lincoln Stone Quarry holds millions of tons of toxic coal ash. Despite evidence of groundwater contamination, its owner plans to leave the ash in place. But recent signs of federal enforcement may provide a glimmer of hope to residents and environmental groups.
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ChicagoClimate ChangeCoal Ash ProjectFeature HomepageGroundwater ContaminationIllinoisIndianaIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake MichiganLatest NewsNewsOhioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsin
Rising waters, sinking feeling: From the Great Lakes to the Ohio River, climate change puts coal ash impoundments at risk
-More frequent flooding multiplies the risk that coal ash will contaminate rivers, lakes and groundwater. Experts say the time to act is now.