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Great Lakes Trails: Relief funds spark new investments into outdoor recreation
-Great Lakes Now compiled a list of new and planned trails to check out in the Great Lakes region this summer.
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BudgetDrinking WaterGreat Lakes News CollaborativeInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsDetroit-area floods mean sewage backups. Fed dollars won’t fix issue soon.
-It could take $1 billion a year until 2045 to address storm water drainage alone — and that’s just in seven of the state’s 83 counties. That doesn’t account for the billions in other infrastructure needs, from drinking water and sewers to roads and bridges.
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Should taxpayers foot the bill for restoring the Midland dams?
-A group of Michigan legislators has introduced a bill package that would use public funds to rebuild the Sanford and Edenville dams and repair two upstream dams that were damaged in the floods, while enacting regulatory reforms designed to hold private dam owners accountable for maintaining their property.
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BudgetDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLatest NewsNewsPolicyFeds Release First Slice of Water Bill Assistance Funds
-Initial distributions will help states, tribes, and territories set up the first-ever federal water bill assistance program.
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BudgetDrinking WaterFeature MilwaukeeGreat Lakes News CollaborativeInfrastructureLatest NewsMilwaukeeNewsPolicyWisconsinCongress’s Stealth Water Infrastructure Deal
-The American Rescue Plan Act allocated $350 billion to states, tribes, and local governments. Some of that money is available for upgrading water systems.
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Michigan lawmakers propose $500M to repair dams after breach
-The money would help cover repairs related to the disaster, upgrade high-risk dams elsewhere, fund responses to future disasters and draw federal match funding to rehabilitate or remove dams.
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BudgetClimate ChangeCollaborationDetroitEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageGreat Lakes News CollaborativeInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsIn flooded Michigan neighborhoods, who should pay for sea walls?
-For two straight summers, residents of Detroit’s Jefferson Chalmers neighborhood watched water pour into basements and pool in streets, a result of coastal flooding that will become increasingly common throughout the Great Lakes as climate change progresses.
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BudgetClimate ChangeCollaborationDrinking WaterFeature HomepageGreat Lakes News CollaborativeInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsMichigan’s Rural Water Systems Confront Generations of Inadequate Investment
-A critical juncture is reached for providing water to rural communities around the region.
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AgricultureAlgae BloomsBudgetDrinking WaterFeature HomepageJames ProffittLake ErieLatest NewsLeadNewsOhioPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsH2Ohio: Agency directors focus on wetlands, farmer subsidies, replacing lead lines
-The Ohio Department of Agriculture, Ohio Department of Natural Resources and Ohio Environmental Protection Agency will seek $240.85 million in funding for H2Ohio projects.
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BudgetDrinking WaterEnergy News RoundupForever Chemicals FeaturedGroundwater ContaminationLatest NewsMichiganNatasha BlakelyNew YorkNewsPennsylvaniaPFASPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeQuebecTraverse CityWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinPFAS News Roundup: Pennsylvania water utility sues 3M, Dupont, Michigan officials waited 8 months to warn residents
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
