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CollaborationFeature HomepageGreat Lakes News CollaborativeGroundwater ContaminationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsFlush with cash, Michigan lawmakers try again to pass state septic code
-Democratic lawmakers want to end Michigan’s “shameful” reign as the only state without a statewide code to prevent leaky systems from fouling lakes, rivers and groundwater.
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Drinking WaterFlintGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLatest NewsLeadMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsFlint misses new deadline in long-overdue lead line replacement effort
-Advocates say the city has blown through a court-ordered May 1 deadline to figure out which Flint residents are still dealing with potholed yards and sidewalks, after work crews excavated lead service lines and left a mess behind.
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CollaborationGreat Lakes News CollaborativeGroundwater ContaminationLatest NewsMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsMichigan brine brouhaha: Proposed limits for unpaved roads prompt dustup
-The salty solution is killing the state’s precious waters, but efforts to cut back on spraying have met fierce opposition.
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AuthorsDrinking WaterFeature HomepageGreat Lakes News CollaborativeGroundwater ContaminationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentJames ProffittLatest NewsMichiganNew YorkNewsOhioResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsA deep dive into disposing waste from East Palestine’s derailment
-Public alarm over Vickery Environmental deep well injection site is decades late.
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CollaborationDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature LeadFlintGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsLeadMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsU.S. Judge: Flint has 5 months to finish long-overdue lead pipe replacement
-The $97 million project was supposed to be done by 2020. Officials blame the pandemic, supply shortages and unreliable contractors for the delay.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageGreat Lakes News CollaborativeGroundwater ContaminationLake OntarioLatest NewsNewsOntarioResearch, Data and TechnologyScience Says WhatScience, Technology, ResearchSharon OosthoekTorontoWater Quality and Restoration EffortsScience Says What? Microplastic pollution — how worried should we be?
-Scientists have found these tiny bits of plastic all over the world — even in mosquitoes’ bellies.
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AgricultureClimate ChangeCollaborationFish, Birds and AnimalsGreat Lakes News CollaborativeGroundwater ContaminationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeRefreshScience, Technology, ResearchU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsNew U.S. Climate Law Could Make Midwest Water Contamination Worse
-Billions in clean energy incentives rely on raw materials from polluting corn and livestock.
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APFeature HomepageGroundwater ContaminationLake MichiganLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinStudy: Toxic PFAS chemical plume detected in Green Bay
-Toxic chemicals produced by a plant that manufactures firefighting foam has seeped through groundwater to Lake Michigan’s Green Bay.
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AuthorsForever Chemicals FeaturedGroundwater ContaminationIllinoisMichiganMinnesotaNewsPennsylvaniaPFASPFAS News RoundupWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinPFAS News Roundup: New regulations approved, new solutions explored
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in this biweekly headline roundup.
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APFeature HomepageGroundwater ContaminationLatest NewsMichiganNew YorkNewsPennsylvaniaWater Quality and Restoration EffortsUS officials say 2 more places will test sewage for polio
-The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the communities will test for polio in sewage for at least four months.
