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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationCOVID-19DetroitDrinking WaterFeature DetroitLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeMichigan Allocates $20 Million to Relieve Customer Water Debts
-The state is using federal CARES Act funding to help residents pay off past-due water bills that accrued during the pandemic.
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Judge: Flint must check water lines in newer neighborhoods
-Flint is in the homestretch of digging down to water lines at more than 20,000 properties and replacing them if necessary.
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Drinking WaterGary WilsonIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsOntarioQuebecU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsBanned: Canada takes next step toward zero plastic waste by 2030
-Plastic gets “toxic” designation, while single-use bottled water gets ban exemption.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationDetroitDetroit RiverFeature DetroitInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsEGLE fines company $60,000 over 2019 Detroit dock collapse
-The Revere Dock was illegally storing limestone aggregate along the river when the site collapsed in late November 2019.
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APIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureMinnesotaNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsMinnesota Supreme Court weighs fate of PolyMet mine permits
-PolyMet wants to build the first of what could eventually be several copper-nickel mines in Minnesota.
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All-terrain wheelchairs added at Indiana Dunes State Park
-Two of the chairs are designed for use on trails, and one chair is designed for use on the Lake Michigan beach.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipChicagoClevelandCollaborationDetroitDrinking WaterFeature ClevelandFeature DetroitFeature-ChicagoIllinoisLatest NewsMichiganMunicipalitiesNewsOhioPennsylvaniaLack of Utility Data Obscures Customer Water Debt Problems
-Inadequate data hampers understanding of who is most affected by overdue water bills.
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Drinking WaterDrinking Water News RoundupGroundwater ContaminationIndianaIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsLeadNewsOntarioPennsylvaniaWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinDrinking Water News Roundup: Wisconsin wells contaminated by sewage, First Nations boil advisories, lead pipes
-Catch the latest drinking water updates with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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Age of NatureCollaborationFish, Birds and AnimalsHabitat RestorationIndigenous CommunitiesInfrastructureLatest NewsLorraine BoissoneaultMichiganNew YorkNewsPBSTraverse CityDams Across the Great Lakes: End of the line for aging infrastructure?
-Instead of spending money to repair old dams, more communities are putting resources towards decommissioning dams and letting rivers run free.
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Drinking WaterForever Chemicals FeaturedLatest NewsMichiganNatasha BlakelyPFASPFAS News RoundupWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinPFAS News Roundup: Landfills, Wisconsin action plan, AGs urge congress to be tough on PFAS
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
