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Program to help Benton Harbor residents with water bills
-The federally-funded program is designed to help households that have had water disconnected or are facing disconnection pay to have it restored. That includes other potential related costs including trash, cable and internet, according to the Michigan Department of Human Services and Benton Harbor.
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Benton Harbor residents sue city, Michigan over drinking water crisis
-Benton Harbor residents are suing the city and state of Michigan, alleging that government leaders violated their constitutional rights with their response to the city’s three-years-long water crisis.
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Judge OKs $626 million settlement in Flint water litigation
-A judge on Wednesday approved a $626 million deal to settle lawsuits filed by Flint residents who found their tap water contaminated by lead following disastrous decisions to switch the city’s water source and a failure to swiftly acknowledge the problem.
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Reduce 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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Mayor 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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White 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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Great Lakes groups hope EPA regional administrator revitalizes infrastructure, morale
-Debra Shore, a former commissioner of Chicago’s Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, was recently appointed to lead the EPA’s Great Lakes office in Chicago.
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Walleye Windfall: Lake Erie’s booming walleye population keeps Ohio’s economy going
-The various pieces of the fishing economy cover a lot more than people might think, with lodging, equipment, entertainment and more all contributing to Ohio’s economy.
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Sustainable Shipping: Burns Harbor port tries to green Indiana’s industrial coast
-A water cannon, a truck marshalling yard and 400 trees are just some of the ways the Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor is trying to mitigate the impacts of the huge steel industry that lives on Indiana’s northwest coast.
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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.