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Officials: Flint makes progress toward ending water crisis
-A total of $120 million in federal and state funding has helped Flint replace more than 9,700 lead service lines, said Kurt Thiede, administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 5, which includes Michigan.
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Drinking WaterGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWhat the Biden Administration Might Mean For Water
-Circle of Blue reporter Brett Walton hosted a roundtable discussion with three experts about what a Biden administration might mean for federal water policy.
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Federal officials hear arguments on Enbridge pipeline tunnel
-Both sides in a multi-year battle over the future of Enbridge’s Line 5 faced off during an online public hearing before officials with the Army Corps of Engineers.
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Hundreds of boats likely destroyed in Michigan marina fire
-A fire Friday destroyed an enormous building loaded with hundreds of boats stored for the winter in southeastern Michigan.
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Applications to protect lakefront properties triple in year of high water
-The department granted 2,284 permits in the year ending September 30, compared to 730 permits the previous year.
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Climate ChangeDrinking WaterDrinking Water News RoundupGroundwater ContaminationIndianaIndigenous CommunitiesInfrastructureLake MichiganLatest NewsLeadMichiganMinnesotaNewsOhioOntarioPennsylvaniaQuebecWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWater WithdrawalsWisconsinDrinking Water News Roundup: Indiana utilities plan for climate change, Waukesha pipeline construction begins
-Catch the latest drinking water updates with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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DetroitFeature DetroitIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentJohn HartigLatest NewsMichiganNewsWaterfront DevelopmentGreat Lakes Moment: A new vision for the former McLouth Steel site in Trenton
-While the blighted buildings have been torn down, the controversy is not over as stakeholders debate over what to do with the cleared site.
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What’s next for the Enbridge Line 3 project in Minnesota? Construction. And protests.
-On Monday, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency cleared the way for work to start on the pipeline project. Yet hurdles remain, including ongoing lawsuits and the threat of protests along the route.
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CollaborationDetroit RiverLake ErieLake HuronLake MichiganLake OntarioLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganHigh Water Levels On Tap This Winter As November Marks The Start Of A New Water Year
-Data from the last water year indicated record-breaking levels in the Great Lakes, and this year looks to be much of the same.
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COVID-19DetroitFeature DetroitGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchGrant to help expand COVID-19 wastewater detection program
-The expanded program, which has been running as a pilot since spring, will test untreated sewage in some Detroit zip codes.