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Posted inBudget, Drinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Featured, Flint, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Groundwater Contamination, Guest Article, Infrastructure, Latest News, Lead, Michigan, Municipalities, News, PFAS, Policy, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Protect, Region, The States, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Water's True Cost

Water woes loom for Michigan suburbs, towns after decades of disinvestment

by Bridge Michigan May 3, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inDrinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Feature Lead, Featured, Groundwater Contamination, Infrastructure, Latest News, Lead, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, The Catch, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Benton Harbor’s lead pipes and the plan to replace them

by Great Lakes Now April 11, 2022
Posted inDrinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Feature Lead, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Groundwater Contamination, Guest Article, Latest News, Lead, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

State praised for vow to remove sources of lead from Benton Harbor homes

by Bridge Michigan April 11, 2022
Posted inDrinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Groundwater Contamination, Guest Article, Indiana, Latest News, Lead, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Indiana University study links lead exposure to juvenile delinquency

by Indiana Environmental Reporter March 16, 2022
Posted inDrinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Feature Lead, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Groundwater Contamination, Guest Article, Latest News, Lead, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Benton Harbor residents should keep drinking bottled water, but EPA says filters work on lead

by Michigan Public March 7, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inDrinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Flint, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Groundwater Contamination, Guest Article, Latest News, Lead, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Trial begins in lawsuit against engineering firms that advised Flint during water crisis

by Michigan Public March 2, 2022
Posted inDrinking Water, Drinking Water News Roundup, Fish, Birds and Animals, Groundwater Contamination, Illinois, Indiana, Infrastructure, Latest News, Lead, Michigan, News, Ohio, Ontario, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Drinking Water News Roundup: New DNA computer can reveal water contaminants, HydroOne team works on oil spill cleanup

by Maya Sundaresan February 24, 2022
Posted inDrinking Water, Drinking Water News Roundup, Equity and Environmental Justice, Featured, Groundwater Contamination, Illinois, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, Lead, Michigan, Minnesota, News, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Drinking Water News Roundup: New Illinois water quality bill, Minnesota mine lease canceled, Ontario’s wetland filtration

by Maya Sundaresan February 1, 2022
Posted inDrinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Feature Lead, Flint, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Groundwater Contamination, Guest Article, Latest News, Lead, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Flint water crisis settlement claims process begins this week

by Michigan Public January 10, 2022
Posted inDrinking Water, Feature Lead, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Groundwater Contamination, Guest Article, Latest News, Lead, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Should Benton Harbor residents have to pay for water they can’t drink?

by Michigan Public December 22, 2021

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