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Posted inDrinking Water, Drinking Water News Roundup, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, News, PFAS, PFAS News Roundup, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Science, Technology & Research, The States, Water Quality

EPA Warns of Health Problems When PFAS Levels in Drinking Water Are Inconceivably Tiny

by Circle of Blue July 19, 2022
Posted inAdvocacy, Article, Chicago, Drinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Groundwater Contamination, Illinois, Latest News, Michigan, News, Ontario, PFAS, PFAS News Roundup, Policy, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Science, Technology & Research, The States, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments, Water Quality, Wisconsin

PFAS News Roundup: Research and policy aiming to help eradicate “forever chemicals”

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now July 19, 2022
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Drinking Water, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Indiana, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, John McCracken, Lake Michigan, Latest News, Michigan, New York, News, Ontario, Quebec, Region, Shipping and Ports, Water Quality, Water Withdrawals, Waterfront Development, Who We Are and What We Do

Industries and public water supplies top list of main consumers of Great Lakes water

by John McCracken July 14, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inDrinking Water, Infrastructure, Lake Michigan, Latest News, Milwaukee, Municipalities, News, Policy, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Recreation and Tourism, Region, The Catch, Water Quality, Wisconsin

Pollution problems … and solutions

by Great Lakes Now July 13, 2022
Posted inBudget, Drinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Infrastructure, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Water Quality

New laws make it easier for communities to access state financing for water infrastructure

by Michigan Public July 7, 2022
Posted inAdvocacy, Drinking Water, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Latest News, Michigan, News, PFAS, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments, Water Quality

MI environmental group calls EPA’s PFAS advisory a “wake-up call” for industries

by Michigan Public June 17, 2022
Posted inDrinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Guest Article, History and Culture, Indigenous Communities, Latest News, News, Ontario, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Protect, Region, Tribal Governments and First Nations, Water Quality

Living water: Northern Indigenous communities’ use and perceptions of drinking water

by The Conversation June 16, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Drinking Water, Fish, Birds and Animals, Guest Article, Lake Huron, Latest News, Michigan, News, Protect, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality

JEWEL OF THE GREAT LAKES: Keeping our waters clean, one butt at a time

by The Alpena News June 16, 2022
Posted inBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Commercial Fishing, Drinking Water, Guest Article, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Lake Huron, Latest News, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Recreational Hunting and Fishing, Region, Tourism, Water Quality

JEWEL OF THE GREAT LAKES: Keeping pollutants out

by The Alpena News June 16, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inDrinking Water, Drinking Water News Roundup, Featured, Illinois, Indiana, Latest News, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, News, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Region, Water Quality

Drinking Water News Roundup: Flooding poses risk to well water, Indiana drinking water report shared, EPA grants for Ohio

by Tynnetta Harris, Great Lakes Now June 15, 2022

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    University of Toledo researchers have developed a system of buoys that slowly release algaecide into the surrounding water.
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