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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchReduce flooding from backed up sewers? There’s an app for that
-High tech is being used to make stormwater and sanitary sewers more efficient to avoid floods and combined sewer overflows.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterLatest NewsLeadMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeMayor says Benton Harbor will need more support from state to fix water system
-The federal and state regulators said they found dozens of deficiencies in the water system that need to be fixed.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWhite House: No plans to shut down Line 5
-Jean-Pierre says the U.S. and Canada will begin negotiations over the pipeline that runs through the Straits of Mackinac after Canada invoked a 1977 treaty to resolve pipeline disputes on behalf of Enbridge, a Canadian company.
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MSU researchers collecting data on Great Lakes shoreline
-Assistant professor Erin Bunting said the goal is to empower local communities, which is important to the future of the lakeshores and future research.
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APDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature LeadLeadMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsEPA to begin testing water at 300 Benton Harbor homes
-EPA officials will collect water samples in Benton Harbor, according to The Herald-Palladium. The process is expected to last several weeks.
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APEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureMichiganNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWhite House: US will discuss Michigan pipeline with Canada
-President Joe Biden is caught in a battle over Enbridge Energy’s Line 5, a key segment of a pipeline network that carries Canadian oil across the U.S. Midwest.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterFeature LeadLeadMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeDocs: Benton Harbor water response marked by delays, poor messaging
-The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy had ordered Benton Harbor to fix water system problems, including several that predated the lead contamination crises. But the city, lacking enough money or staff to quickly comply, had sought extension after extension.
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DetroitFeature DetroitFeature HomepageHistory and CultureLake SuperiorLatest NewsLighthouses, Museums and Cultural InstitutionsMichiganMinnesotaNatasha BlakelyNewsOhioPennsylvaniaShipwrecksWisconsinEdmund Fitzgerald 2021: Attend a shipwreck memorial service in person or virtually
-All around the region this week, events are focused on honoring the lives lost on the SS Edmund Fitzgerald and other Great Lakes ships. Many of these shipwreck services and ceremonies will be streamed live online.
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Feature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsIndigenous CommunitiesKathy JohnsonLatest NewsMichiganNewsSturgeonWisconsinSturgeon Restoration: Starting anew in Sturgeon and Saginaw bays
-In the bays where lake sturgeon no longer spawn, Indigenous groups and researchers are hoping to change that.
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Drinking WaterDrinking Water News RoundupLatest NewsLeadMichiganMinnesotaNew YorkNewsOhioOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinDrinking Water News Roundup: Vanderburgh County boil advisory, EPA in Benton Harbor, Chapleau water advisory
-Catch the latest drinking water updates with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
