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AdvocacyCollaborationDetroitEquity and Environmental JusticeMichiganMunicipalitiesNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
As agencies seek more environmental justice data, longtime residents are skeptical
-Environmental regulators hope new data-driven tools will help identify hotspots and drive environmental justice. Some activists, who’ve been fighting polluters for decades, have doubts that more information will make a difference.
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APClimate ChangeDrinking WaterGroundwater ContaminationIllinoisInfrastructureLeadMichiganMunicipalitiesNewsPFASResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Climate-driven flooding poses well water contamination risks
-While many private wells provide safe water, the absence of regulation and treatment afforded by larger municipal systems may expose some users to health risks, from bacteria and viruses to chemicals and lead.
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APBudgetDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeMunicipalitiesNewsPennsylvaniaPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe StatesWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Pennsylvania public water utilities say Senate bill will force up rates
-Legislation criticized by opponents as a vehicle for-profit water companies to take over municipal water authorities in Pennsylvania by imposing expensive regulations on them passed the Republican-controlled state Senate.
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Drinking WaterInfrastructureMunicipalitiesNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe CatchThe ProvincesTorontoU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
The Catch: Current issues in Canadian water infrastructure
-Toronto-based journalist Andrew Reeves discusses a piece he wrote for Great Lakes Now about the history and current issues in Canadian water infrastructure.
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CollaborationDrinking WaterFeature HomepageForever Chemicals FeaturedIllinoisIndianaInfrastructureLatest NewsMunicipalitiesNewsPFASPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeScience, Technology, ResearchThe StatesWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
IDEM Testing Confirms “Forever Chemicals” in Some Public Water Systems
-The presence of PFAS chemicals in drinking water could be exposing thousands of Hoosiers to a series of adverse health conditions.
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BudgetCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganMunicipalitiesNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWater's True Cost
Water’s True Cost
-The quality of Michigan’s water infrastructure and the consequences of failure, while still real and apparent, are no longer being ignored.
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AgricultureAPClimate ChangeDuluthIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureMinnesotaMunicipalitiesNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe States
National Guard to help with northeastern Minnesota flooding
-Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday activated the National Guard to help control record flooding in areas of northeastern Minnesota.
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Report: Going off script, decisive action saved lives during 2020 dam disaster
-A new report on flooding that caused $200 million in damages singles out the actions of Midland County’s emergency services coordinator, who called for an early evacuation.