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Algae BloomsCollaborationDrinking WaterLake ErieLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsMillions of People Depend on the Great Lakes’ Water Supply. Trump Decimated the Lab Protecting It.
-The Trump administration’s slashing of budgets and staff have Great Lakes scientists concerned that they have lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and sicken people.
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Study says drinking water from nearly half of US faucets contains potentially harmful chemicals
-Researchers described the study as the first nationwide effort to test for PFAS in tap water from private sources in addition to regulated ones.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationDrinking WaterLatest NewsMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsForest to MI Faucet: Using trees to keep water sources pristine
-A forest expert at the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is putting together a program to use trees to help keep sources of drinking water cleaner.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature LeadFlintIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsLeadMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsU.S. Judge: Flint has 5 months to finish long-overdue lead pipe replacement
-The $97 million project was supposed to be done by 2020. Officials blame the pandemic, supply shortages and unreliable contractors for the delay.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationDrinking WaterFeature HomepageForever Chemicals FeaturedLatest NewsMichiganNewsPFASRefreshWater Quality and Restoration EffortsOngoing battle to keep toxic chemicals at bay
-Outdated laws leave communities struggling to ward off contaminants before they foul drinking supplies.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe StatesWater Quality and Restoration EffortsRight to water: Could 2023 be the year Michigan ends shutoffs?
-Some lawmakers see a bill to declare a human right to water as a first step toward ending the shutoffs that plague low-income Michiganders.
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BudgetCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterDrinking Water News RoundupEquity and Environmental JusticeIllinoisIndianaInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNewsOhioPennsylvaniaPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe StatesU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsDrinking Water News Roundup: Report urges Michigan water-affordability strategy, $191 million to target Minnesota water and infrastructure projects
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with drinking water in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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AdvocacyAuthorsBudgetCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeDetroitDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageGary WilsonLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeScience, Technology, ResearchThe StatesWater Quality and Restoration EffortsDemocrats in control: Advocates want action on justice, climate and “stronger leadership” from Gov. Whitmer
-“Deal with the problem of environmental racism head on and finally put it to bed.”
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5 deaths at NYC nursing home blamed on Legionnaires’ disease
-Five people died of Legionnaires’ disease at a nursing home that had been cited repeatedly for improper maintenance of the cooling towers where the Legionella bacteria can spread.
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Drinking WaterDrinking Water News RoundupIllinoisIndianaInfrastructureLatest NewsLeadMichiganNew YorkNewsOhioPennsylvaniaResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsin
Drinking Water News Roundup: Illinois EPA invests over $70M in drinking water projects, students receive funding for Ohio water quality research
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with drinking water in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
