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The Great Lakes News Collaborative

The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan; Circle of Blue; Great Lakes Now at Detroit Public Television; and Michigan Radio, Michigan’s NPR News Leader; who work together to bring audiences news and information about the impact of climate change, pollution, and aging infrastructure on the Great Lakes and drinking water. This independent journalism is supported by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.

The Great Lakes News Collaborative

The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan; Circle of Blue; Great Lakes Now at Detroit Public Television; and Michigan Radio, Michigan’s NPR News Leader; who work together to bring audiences news and information about the impact of climate change, pollution, and aging infrastructure on the Great Lakes and drinking water. This independent journalism is supported by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.

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A biweekly breakdown of Great Lakes region news

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This Week’s Watersheds:

  • Oakland County approves millions of dollars of funding for three major water infrastructure projects.
  • In Iosco County, a nearly $2 million invasive sea lamprey trap is completed on the Au Gres River’s East Branch.
  • As a copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota gains traction with a key partnership, environmentalists worry about the region’s water.
  • Wisconsin’s state budget proposal includes nearly $1 million in funding for wetlands restoration.
  • Ice coverage on the Great Lakes has reached an all-time mid-February low

For this and more of the biggest international, state, and local policy news stories facing the Great Lakes region, read Fresh. 

Refresh

A Great Lakes News Collaborative series investigating the region’s water pollution challenges.

This series explores the Clean Water Act’s shortcomings in the Great Lakes, and how the region can more completely address water pollution in the next 50 years.

The collaborative’s four newsrooms — Bridge Michigan, Circle of Blue, Great Lakes Now, and Michigan Radio — work collaboratively to report on the most pressing water issues in the Great Lakes region. The collaboration is funded by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.

Road Salt, A Stealthy Pollutant, Is Damaging Michigan Waters

January 26, 2023
Rivers and lakes are becoming saltier while law and practice limit effective responses.
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New U.S. Climate Law Will Make Water Contamination Worse

February 8, 2023
Billions in clean energy incentives rely on raw materials from polluting corn and livestock.
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Ongoing Battle to Keep Toxic Chemicals at Bay

February 15, 2023
Outdated federal water laws and chemicals that were approved for industry without assessing for risk leave Ann Arbor and other communities struggling to ward off water contaminants before they foul drinking supplies.
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Great Lakes News Collaborative Wins US Water Prize

Circle of Blue, Bridge Michigan, Great Lakes Now at Detroit Public Television, and Michigan Radio recognized for journalistic achievement

Circle of Blue, as part of the Great Lakes News Collaborative, won the US Water Alliance’s annual US Water Prize. The prize honors groups, municipalities and media outlets that innovate or examine issues related to the natural resource.

The award is for “Outstanding One Water Communication” for the “Water’s True Cost” series examining the origins of Michigan’s water infrastructure crisis.

The Great Lakes News Collaborative consists of Circle of Blue, Bridge Michigan, Great Lakes Now at Detroit Public Television, and Michigan Radio, and is funded by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.

The Collaborative works together to bring audiences news and information about the impact of climate change, pollution, and aging infrastructure on the Great Lakes and drinking water. The independent journalism is funded by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.

Previous winners in the category include the Arizona Republic, The New York Times, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel and New Orleans Times-Picayune.

The US Water Alliance said the Great Lakes News Collaborative provided “a slate of excellent and comprehensive coverage of water issues in the Great Lakes.” And “these journalists are effectively driving the public conversation around water, the environment, and affordability.”

The award comes as water challenges – across the nation and around the world – are growing and are increasingly exacerbated by climate change. Water is often one of the first places climate impacts are felt by the public, particularly for low-income and communities of color. The U.S. Water Alliance estimates that 2,000,000 individuals across all 50 states experience a lack of access to clean drinking water and sanitation.

“We face converging crises at the intersection of water, food, energy and climate change that are causing billions of dollars of disruptions, testing human and ecological resilience, and requiring us to be much more nimble and responsive,” said J. Carl Ganter, managing director and co-founder of Circle of Blue. “Circle of Blue and our partners are delivering the trusted reporting that communities and their leaders need to understand complex issues and inform decisions and that will affect all of us for decades.”

The collaborative has written extensively about algae blooms, municipal water costs, septic systems, rural water services, bottled water extractions, the health of the Great Lakes, Enbridge Energy’s Line 5, lead pipes and more.

The 2022 US Water Prize winners were selected from a pool of more than 160 nominations and applications, and the awards ceremony took place Tuesday, September 13 in Milwaukee.

Throughout the Great Lakes region and across the U.S., water systems are aging. In some communities, this means water bills that residents can’t afford or water that’s unsafe to drink. It means that vulnerable systems are even more at risk in a changing climate. From shrinking cities and small towns to the comparatively thriving suburbs, the true cost of water has been deferred for decades.

As the nation prepares to pour hundreds of billions of federal dollars into rescuing water systems, the Great Lakes News Collaborative investigates the true cost of water in Michigan.

After Decades of Neglect, Bill Coming Due for Michigan’s Water Infrastructure

After Decades of Neglect, Bill Coming Due for Michigan’s Water Infrastructure

May 2, 2022
Federal and state governments begin to reverse course on underinvestment to address water’s true cost.
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Circle of Blue · After Decades of Neglect, Bill Coming Due for Michigan’s Water Infrastructure

Many Rural Towns Have Neglected Drinking Water Systems for Decades

May 3, 2022
As some rural towns lose population and government funds shrink, some drinking water systems are one failure away from crisis.
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Water Woes Loom for Michigan Suburbs, Towns After Decades of Disinvestment

May 3, 2022
Michigan cities rich and poor, big and small have been delaying maintenance on their water systems for decades. Now, even wealthy towns are suffering the consequences of past reluctance to pay for water system upkeep.
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Michigan’s 20th Century Water Systems Too Big For Its Shrinking City Populations

May 3, 2022
Cities around the Great Lakes region struggle with the cost of water maintenance and operation as their populations decline.
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Michigan’s Lack of Septic System Regulations is Causing Problems for Some of its Most Pristine Lakes

May 4, 2022
Failing systems can allow contaminated water to seep through the earth into nearby bodies of water.
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Short-Changing Michigan Local Governments Has Resulted in Deteriorating Water Systems and Other Services

May 9, 2022
Many of Michigan’s 1,773 cities, villages, and townships are reaching a water infrastructure crisis point.
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High Cost of Water Hits Home

May 10, 2022
Rising rates hurt the state’s poorest residents.
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Some Michigan Water Systems Are Overbuilt, Underfunded. Are Mergers The Answer?

May 11, 2022
Customers get cheaper, cleaner water when communities share the cost of infrastructure.
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Michigan’s ‘Very Big Opportunity’ in Infrastructure Windfall

May 11, 2022
More communities gain access to the largest federal infusion in a half-century.
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Five Fixes for Michigan’s Drinking Water Woes

May 16, 2022
The Great Lakes News Collaborative asked state and national experts how Michigan could break the cycle of underfunding and poor decision-making that has left water systems across Michigan in sorry shape.
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Water’s True Cost: In Photos

May 23, 2022
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Great Lakes News Collaborative Events

Lunch Break Discussion

Bridge Michigan and Circle of Blue hosted a Lunch Break discussion with water experts about the challenges and opportunities facing Michigan’s water systems.

Issues & Ale 

From Michigan Radio, Environment Report host Lester Graham and the reporters of the Great Lakes News Collaborative discuss the true cost of water in Michigan.

“Water’s True Cost” TV Program

Great Lakes Now sums up the project’s findings in their monthly, magazine-style television program.

Ready or Not

The Great Lakes region is frequently touted as one of the most climate-resilient places in the U.S., in no small part because of its enviable water resources. But climate change also threatens water quality, availability, and aging water infrastructure by exposing existing vulnerabilities and creating new ones. In this series, members of the Great Lakes News Collaborative explored what it may take to prepare the Great Lakes region for the future climatologists say we can expect.

Water Could Make The Great Lakes Region a Climate Refuge. Are We Prepared?

Water Could Make Michigan a Climate Refuge. Are We Prepared?

February 16, 2021
What may it take to prepare the Great Lakes region for the future climatologists say we can expect?
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Ongoing Battle to Keep Toxic Chemicals at Bay

February 15, 2023
Outdated federal water laws and chemicals that were approved for industry without assessing for risk leave Ann Arbor and other communities struggling to ward off water contaminants before they foul drinking supplies.
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Right To Water: Could 2023 Be The Year Michigan Ends Shutoffs?

February 10, 2023
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New U.S. Climate Law Will Make Water Contamination Worse

February 8, 2023
Billions in clean energy incentives rely on raw materials from polluting corn and livestock.
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Two Generations and $70 Million Later, Muskegon Lake Is Restored

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August 10, 2022
Cleared of pollution and debris, Muskegon again sees lake as…
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EPA Warns of Health Problems When PFAS Levels in Drinking Water Are Inconceivably Tiny

June 22, 2022
Revised health advisories are a precursor to federal regulation.
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Michigan’s 20th Century Water Systems Too Big For Its Shrinking City Populations

May 3, 2022
Cities around the Great Lakes region struggle with the cost of water maintenance and operation as their populations decline.
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Many Rural Towns Have Neglected Drinking Water Systems for Decades

May 3, 2022
As some rural towns lose population and government funds shrink, some drinking water systems are one failure away from crisis.
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After Decades of Neglect, Bill Coming Due for Michigan’s Water Infrastructure

May 2, 2022
Federal and state governments begin to reverse course on underinvestment to address water’s true cost.
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Inflation Weighs On U.S. Water Utilities

April 7, 2022
Water leaders worry that rising prices -- for everything from lead pipe replacements to treatment plant repairs -- will cause a historic federal infrastructure investment to fall short of lofty expectations.
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Gas and Oil Industry Report Projects Fuel Price Hikes if Enbridge Line 5 is Shut Down

March 10, 2022
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Line 5’s Impact on Climate Change Being Reviewed as Part of Tunnel Decision

February 21, 2022
What keeping Line 5 operating means for climate change.
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The Next Source of Trouble for Great Lakes Fish Populations: Tires

January 11, 2022
A tire chemical that was poisoning fish out West has been discovered in two Lake Ontario tributaries.
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High Costs, Few Customers: Benton Harbor Water Woes Loom for Michigan Cities

December 15, 2021
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Reduce Flooding From Backed up Sewers? There’s an App for That

November 11, 2021
A group of researchers is helping cities use their current systems better. 
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Climate Change Grips Trout Streams Across the Nation:

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November 2, 2021
Across the country, anglers have watched as droughts, floods, and high temperatures batter the rivers they depend on.
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Additional Coverage from the Collaborative

Ongoing Battle to Keep Toxic Chemicals at Bay

February 15, 2023
Outdated federal water laws and chemicals that were approved for industry without assessing for risk leave Ann Arbor and other communities struggling to ward off water contaminants before they foul drinking supplies.
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Right To Water: Could 2023 Be The Year Michigan Ends Shutoffs?

February 10, 2023
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Two Generations and $70 Million Later, Muskegon Lake Is Restored

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August 10, 2022
Cleared of pollution and debris, Muskegon again sees lake as…
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Will Michigan Farmers Voluntarily Help Reduce Phosphorus Loading into Lake Erie?

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Even in Canada, Where Water Prices Are Low, Aging Infrastructure and Rising Costs are a Problem

May 31, 2022
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Water Infrastructure, Access, Affordability, and Drinking Water

Michigan’s 20th Century Water Systems Too Big For Its Shrinking City Populations

May 3, 2022
Cities around the Great Lakes region struggle with the cost of water maintenance and operation as their populations decline.
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Many Rural Towns Have Neglected Drinking Water Systems for Decades

May 3, 2022
As some rural towns lose population and government funds shrink, some drinking water systems are one failure away from crisis.
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High Costs, Few Customers: Benton Harbor Water Woes Loom for Michigan Cities

December 15, 2021
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In Benton Harbor, Residents’ Complaints of Lead-Tainted Water Carry Echoes

October 20, 2021
Water samples from Benton Harbor homes since 2018 consistently revealed elevated levels of lead
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Michigan Tribes to Biden: Enbridge Line 5 Threatens Our Treaty Rights

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October 12, 2021
By Kelly House, Bridge Michigan The Great Lakes…
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Some Chicagoans Wary of Lead Pipe Replacement

July 21, 2021
Mistrust of the government, fears related to immigration, and unclear messaging make the operation a hard sell in some neighborhoods.
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Dealing With The Soup of Chemicals That Can Get Into Your Drinking Water

July 6, 2021
All the things that go down the drain and end up at the waste water treatment plant are not removed there. It's a soup of chemicals.
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In Chicago, Flooding Overwhelmingly Strikes Communities of Color

June 29, 2021
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Plastic Debris Is Getting Into The Great Lakes, Our Drinking Water, And Our Food

May 6, 2021
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Michigan’s Rural Water Systems Confront Generations of Inadequate Investment

March 23, 2021
A critical juncture is reached for providing water to Michigan's rural communities.
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HotSpots H2O: Canadian Government Misses Target to End Water Insecurity for First Nations Communities

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March 8, 2021
Many First Nations in Canada continue to live without clean water six years after the government began actively addressing the issue, according to a report published by the Auditor General of Canada late last month.
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Michigan Dams Need ‘Immediate Attention’ to Prevent Next Failure

March 5, 2021
Michigan’s aging dams require “comprehensive and immediate attention” to avoid future tragedies like last summer’s Midland-area dam failures, a state task force has determined.
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High Demand for New Michigan Water Infrastructure Grants

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February 9, 2021
A new grant program in Michigan to rid drinking water systems of contaminants is proving to be quite popular.
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Water Law and Policy

Two Generations and $70 Million Later, Muskegon Lake Is Restored

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August 10, 2022
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As Drought Grips American West, Irrigation Becomes Selling Point for Michigan

September 27, 2021
Michigan farmers irrigate with 187 billion gallons of groundwater a year. Is the state prepared for more?
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Treaty Rights Acknowledged For First Time in Oil Pipeline’s Controversial History

March 12, 2021
Michigan’s Indigenous communities hold long-standing legal rights to protect lands and waters.
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As Great Lakes Pummel Michigan, Beach Towns Rush to Set Development Rules

November 18, 2020
In Great Lakes, the ongoing high water crisis is leading some communities to rethink the policies that put them here.
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2020 Election: Water a Factor in Senate Race in Michigan

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October 29, 2020
A state surrounded by the Great Lakes reckons with aging infrastructure and chemical contamination.
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Michigan Allocates $20 Million to Relieve Customer Water Debts

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October 14, 2020
Michigan is using federal CARES Act funding to help residents pay off past-due water bills that accrued during the pandemic.
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Groundwater, Septic, and PFAS

The Next Source of Trouble for Great Lakes Fish Populations: Tires

January 11, 2022
A tire chemical that was poisoning fish out West has been discovered in two Lake Ontario tributaries.
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PFAS in the House: Are Toxic “Forever Chemicals” a Steady Drip in This Reporter’s Home?

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March 13, 2021
“PFAS in the House” was produced by Great Lakes Now/Detroit…
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Rights vs. Regulations: When it Comes to Septic Codes, Property Rights Remain a Big Barrier

March 2, 2021
A significant number of residential septic systems need repair or replacement, but efforts to enact a statewide code have been hampered.
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HotSpots H2O: Minnesota Rolls Out Plan for PFAS Contamination

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February 22, 2021
Minnesota officials announced a multi-step strategy to address PFAS contamination in the environment.
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Groundwater: The Sixth Great Lake

September 25, 2018
Despite its abundance, is groundwater a second-class citizen?
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The Great Lakes and Climate Change

Climate Change Grips Trout Streams Across the Nation:

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November 2, 2021
Across the country, anglers have watched as droughts, floods, and high temperatures batter the rivers they depend on.
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Detroit Flooding Previews Risks from a Warming Climate

July 1, 2021
Urban infrastructure in many cities was not built for current and future climate pressures.
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Green Infrastructure: Cities Around the Great Lakes Plan for a Changing Future

May 18, 2021
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Michigan Is On Thin Ice. Get Used To It, Climate Experts Say

March 13, 2021
Long-term, warming temperatures in Michigan could bring far more widespread and lasting challenges by destroying key northern ecosystems.
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Too Few Farmers are Curbing Pollution in Lake Erie. Should They be Forced?

March 9, 2021
As climate change complicates Lake Erie’s algae problem, scientists say farmers must do far more to reduce phosphorus runoff. But will enough farmers change their ways without a government mandate?
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As Great Lakes Pummel Michigan, Beach Towns Rush to Set Development Rules

November 18, 2020
In Great Lakes, the ongoing high water crisis is leading some communities to rethink the policies that put them here.
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HotSpots H2O: U.S. Great Lakes, Near Record Highs, Pummel Coastal Infrastructure

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April 6, 2020
The U.S. Great Lakes have surged to unprecedented levels, causing tens of millions of dollars in damage to coastal roads, marinas, and household property.
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Solutions to Issues Facing The Great Lakes

Reduce Flooding From Backed up Sewers? There’s an App for That

November 11, 2021
A group of researchers is helping cities use their current systems better. 
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Some Cities Are Turning to Natural Infrastructure to Deal With Extreme Rain Events

March 19, 2021
Climate change in the Great Lakes region means more intense storms. Already some towns are finding they’re flooding where they never have before. One city in Michigan is finding the solution is nature.
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Wetlands Can Help Prevent Property Damage and Save Lives During Floods

March 16, 2021
Some experts say there’s a way to reduce the effects of floods in the future: more wetland areas.
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Trash Fish: Marine Debris Becomes Sculptures at Great Lakes Aquariums and Museums

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October 15, 2020
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Remembering Michigan’s PBB Crisis

Contamination of the food-supply chain in Michigan in the 1970s was one of the worst mass poisonings in U.S. history. The events still resonate today.

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