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AdvocacyBudgetCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDetroitDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature DetroitFeature HomepageLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWater's True CostHigh Cost of Water Hits Home
-Rising rates hurt Michigan’s poorest residents.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganMunicipalitiesNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWater's True CostShort-changing Michigan local governments has resulted in deteriorating water systems and other services
-Many of Michigan’s cities are reaching a crisis point because of a decline in federal dollars for water and sewer infrastructure made worse by the state’s centralized taxing system.
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AgricultureChicagoClimate ChangeDrinking WaterDrinking Water News RoundupIllinoisLatest NewsMinnesotaMunicipalitiesNatasha BlakelyNewsOhioOntarioPennsylvaniaScience, Technology, ResearchTribal Governments and First NationsWisconsinDrinking Water News Roundup: First Nation residents call settlement restrictive, Wisconsin towns try regulating big farms, Chicago cans tap water
-Catch the latest drinking water updates with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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Algae BloomsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageForests and PlantsGroundwater ContaminationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganMunicipalitiesNewsScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWater's True CostMichigan’s lack of septic system regulations is causing problems for some of its most pristine lakes
-The cost of updating sewer systems in growing communities is either a hefty price tag or polluted waters.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterInfrastructureLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsFRESH: Biden Strengthens Environmental Reviews for Large Infrastructure Projects
-Fresh is a biweekly newsletter from Circle of Blue that unpacks the biggest international, state, and local policy news stories facing the Great Lakes region today.
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BudgetCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageFeature LeadFlintIllinoisIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsLeadMichiganMunicipalitiesNatasha BlakelyNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectThe StatesWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWater's True CostMichigan’s 20th Century water systems too big for its shrinking city populations
-Cities around the Great Lakes region struggle with the cost of water maintenance and operation as their populations decline.
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BudgetCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageFlintInfrastructureLatest NewsLeadMichiganMunicipalitiesNewsPFASPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectThe StatesWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWater's True CostWater woes loom for Michigan suburbs, towns after decades of disinvestment
-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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AdvocacyBudgetCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganMunicipalitiesNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectThe StatesWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWater's True CostMany Rural Towns Have Neglected Drinking Water Systems for Decades
-Rural Michigan’s shrinking populations, growing poverty, and diminished state and federal assistance have fueled a crisis of underfunded drinking water infrastructure.
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APBudgetDrinking WaterForever Chemicals FeaturedGroundwater ContaminationMunicipalitiesNewsPFASPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinMadison mayor wants to spend $425K on PFAS filtration system
-Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway wants to spend $425,000 to design a system to filter PFAS chemicals out of a city well.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDetroitDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageFlintIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganMunicipalitiesNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe StatesWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWater's True CostAfter Decades of Neglect, Bill Coming Due for Michigan’s Water Infrastructure
-Federal and state governments begin to reverse course on underinvestment to address water’s true cost.
