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Posted inAgriculture, Culture, Drinking Water, Drinking Water News Roundup, Groundwater Contamination, Illinois, Indiana, Indigenous Communities, Industry, Infrastructure, Lake Michigan, Latest News, Lead, Michigan, New York, News, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Quebec, Region, Water Quality, Water Withdrawals, Wisconsin

Drinking Water News Roundup: Joliet water supply, contaminated water, support for Wisconsin farmers and water quality

by Grace Dempsey December 23, 2020
Posted inDrinking Water, Flint, Groundwater Contamination, Latest News, Lead, Michigan, News, Region, Water Quality

What should justice look like for Flint after the water crisis? Residents weigh in

by Flint Beat December 9, 2020November 9, 2025
Posted inClimate, Culture, Drinking Water, Drinking Water News Roundup, Groundwater Contamination, Indiana, Indigenous Communities, Infrastructure, Lake Michigan, Latest News, Lead, Michigan, Minnesota, News, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Quebec, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality, Water Withdrawals, Wisconsin

Drinking Water News Roundup: Indiana utilities plan for climate change, Waukesha pipeline construction begins

by Grace Dempsey December 4, 2020
Posted inDrinking Water, Flint, Groundwater Contamination, Latest News, Lead, Michigan, News, Region, Water Quality

How does a $641 million Flint water settlement get to residents? Attorneys give answers

by Flint Beat November 27, 2020
Posted inDrinking Water, Feature Detroit, Forever Chemicals Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Groundwater Contamination, Infrastructure, Latest News, Lead, Michigan, News, PFAS, Politics, Region, Water Quality

Michigan politicians ran on water problems. Activists want money for fixes.

by Bridge Michigan November 24, 2020
Posted inCulture, Drinking Water, Drinking Water News Roundup, Enbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Flint, Groundwater Contamination, Illinois, Indiana, Indigenous Communities, Industry, Latest News, Lead, Michigan, Minnesota, News, Ontario, Region, Water Quality, Wisconsin

Drinking Water News Roundup: Wisconsin sets caps for 22 contaminants, lead pipes more likely in POC communities

by Grace Dempsey November 20, 2020
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Drinking Water, Fish, Birds and Animals, Groundwater Contamination, Indiana, Latest News, Michigan, News, Ontario, PFAS, PFAS News Roundup, Politics, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

PFAS News Roundup: PFOS in fish, Wisconsin standards in dispute, lacking regulations in Canada

by Natasha Blakely November 6, 2020
Posted inCulture, Drinking Water, Drinking Water News Roundup, Groundwater Contamination, Illinois, Indiana, Indigenous Communities, Latest News, Lead, Michigan, New York, News, Ontario, Quebec, Region, Water Quality, Wisconsin

Drinking Water News Roundup: Illinois lead issues, Michigan citizen reporting, Canada First Nations water access

by Grace Dempsey November 6, 2020
Posted inCOVID-19, Culture, Drinking Water, Drinking Water News Roundup, Equity and Environmental Justice, Groundwater Contamination, Illinois, Indiana, Indigenous Communities, Infrastructure, Latest News, Michigan, Minnesota, News, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Politics, Region, Water Quality

Drinking Water News Roundup: Illinois COVID-19 shutoff protections, Ontario First Nation evacuation

by Grace Dempsey October 23, 2020
Posted inCOVID-19, Drinking Water, Feature Detroit, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Groundwater Contamination, Infrastructure, Latest News, Lead, Michigan, News, Region, Water Quality

Another Casualty of COVID: Testing declines for lead poisoning in Michigan

by Bridge Michigan October 22, 2020November 9, 2025

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    For three decades, Michigan State University researchers have gone to Manistee National Forest to study seedlings to find out about the future of Michigan’s forests.

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