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Wisconsin DNR expands private well PFAS testing to five Oneida County townships
-People on private wells in five Oneida County Townships may be offered free PFAS testing.
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ChicagoDrinking WaterFeature HomepageFeature LeadFeature-ChicagoIllinoisInfrastructureLatest NewsLeadNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsChicago residents risk daily lead exposure from toxic pipes. Replacing them will take decades.
-The city with the most lead service lines in the country doesn’t plan to finish replacing them until 2076.
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Algae BloomsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClevelandCollaborationFeature ClevelandLake ErieLatest NewsNewsOhioResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsGreat Lakes scientists discover new lifeform microbe, name it ShipGoo1
-Researchers at the University of Minnesota Duluth found the previously-undiscovered microorganisms hiding in the tar-like goo oozing out of a research vessel’s rudder shaft.
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Algae BloomsClimate ChangeFeature HomepageLake ErieLatest NewsNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsToxic algae blooms are lasting longer in Lake Erie − why that’s a worry for people and pets
-The blooms have become an annual problem in the Great Lakes. DNA studies show what’s growing there and why it’s dangerous.
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Books, Authors, Art and MusicEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsMinnesotaNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWaves of ChangeWaves of Change: Meet Ojibwe leader, activist and water walker Sharon Day
-Sharon Day is enrolled in the Bois Forte Band of Ojibwe and lives in Minnesota, where she is the executive director of the Indigenous Peoples Task Force and leads several water walks each year.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationLatest NewsMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsYears after high water crisis, lax policies leave Michigan coast vulnerable
-Extreme erosion along the Great Lakes coasts inspired proposals to pull development back from the shoreline. Five years later, regulatory gaps leave some communities vulnerable.
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Drinking WaterFish, Birds and AnimalsLatest NewsNewsOhioScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsHow much plastic is in the Great Lakes?
-A new documentary explores the impact of microplastics in the Great Lakes.
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Donté SmithDrinking WaterFeature HomepageLatest NewsLisa John RogersWater Quality and Restoration EffortsEverything to know about microplastics in the Great Lakes
-Microplastics are an urgent issue in the Great Lakes. Learn what’s causing them, how it affects health and what you can do.
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Blue EconomyFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsNewsThe Blue EconomyWater Quality and Restoration EffortsDespite U.S. research resistance, Great Lakes aims to be Silicon Valley for water
-Business leaders want to export solutions to the world’s water problems.
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Blue EconomyFeature HomepageHabitat RestorationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake SuperiorLatest NewsNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe Blue EconomyTribal Governments and First NationsU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsThunder Bay is bringing its Great Lake shoreline back
-Decades of industrial pollution on Lake Superior has seen stretches of its shore deemed areas of environmental concern for both Canada and the U.S. A massive investment of time and money is letting nature return.
