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Posted inDrinking Water, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Industry, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Protect, Region, Water Quality

Reports: Huron River largely dodged hexavalent chromium scare

by Bridge Michigan August 15, 2022

No-contact order lifted after investigators conclude that most of the chromium released from a tank at Tribar Manufacturing in Wixom never made it into the Huron River.

Posted inDrinking Water, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Industry, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Protect, Region, The States, Water Quality

State: Tribar staffer ignored 460 alarms in Huron River chromium release

by Bridge Michigan August 11, 2022
Posted inDrinking Water, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Industry, Infrastructure, Latest News, Michigan, News, PFAS, Politics, Protect, Region, Water Quality

Anger, uncertainty and a race for answers in Huron River chromium spill

by Bridge Michigan August 4, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Drinking Water, Forever Chemicals Featured, Latest News, Michigan, News, PFAS, Region, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do

Big Convener: Watershed councils provide critical support across municipal boundaries

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now June 10, 2021

Latest News

  • Milwaukee Water Works reduces fluoride in drinking water by half due to shortage
    Utilities nationwide have seen supply challenges due to domestic constraints and the ongoing Iran War.
  • Illinois Governor signs landmark plastic pollution bill to protect Great Lakes
    Illinois is the first Great Lakes state to classify plastic pellets as a pollutant, a move advocates say helps keep millions of pellets out of the region’s waterways.
  • Seedling data shows Michigan forests under pressure from climate change, deer, disease
    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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