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A Political Blind Date – Episode 1030
-Can two Great Lakes mayors with opposing views agree on how to protect the region’s water?
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Drinking Water News Roundup: Second US Steel spill, new water purification method, Pennsylvania water treatment plant flood
-From lead pipes to PFAS, drinking water contamination is a major issue plaguing cities and towns all around the Great Lakes. Cleaning up contaminants and providing safe water to everyone is an ongoing public health struggle. Keep up with drinking water-related developments in the Great Lakes area.
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City in Michigan urged to use bottled water due to lead risk
-Michigan on Wednesday urged residents of Benton Harbor to use only bottled water for cooking and drinking, a major shift in response to the city’s elevated levels of lead.
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Drinking Water News Roundup: US Steel spill, lead pipes, First Nations boil water advisories, Ohio wetlands
-Catch the latest drinking water updates with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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Whitmer signs bills to complete budget, hails bipartisanship
-Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday signed off on $55 billion in spending to complete the state budget.
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US Steel: Plant’s orange plume had elevated iron levels
-U.S. Steel says a northwestern Indiana plant’s discharge of elevated levels of iron were the cause of an orange plume that entered a Lake Michigan tributary, prompting the closure of several nearby beaches and a water treatment facility.
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Bloomington water leaves bad taste in customers’ mouths, but officials say it’s safe to drink
-Complaints of bad tasting and foul-smelling water in and around Bloomington have been reported since earlier this month, but officials say the water is safe to drink.
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Michigan’s soggy summer evidence of a global climate reckoning
-Tens of thousands of homes were damaged when a series of severe storms hit southeast Michigan this summer. The worst of them dropped as much as seven inches into a sewer system built to drain no more than three inches in 24 hours.
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Pilot state program seeks to reduce water waste in homes
-Some residents in southwestern Michigan and the Detroit area will get plumbing repairs in their homes as part of the “Water Leak Pilot” program.
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Minority communities question election-year push by EPA
-Under President Donald Trump, the EPA has slashed support for some programs and regulatory protections benefiting disadvantaged communities.