-
Drinking WaterDrinking Water News RoundupIndianaLatest NewsLeadMichiganMinnesotaNew YorkNewsPennsylvaniaWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Drinking Water News Roundup: Minnesota’s salty water problem, aging infrastructure affects taste, Pennsylvania grants
-Catch the latest drinking water updates with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
-
Company formerly known as Nestle drops water withdrawal permit
-Blue Triton Brands, formerly known as Nestle Waters North America, has withdrawn its controversial permit allowing the company to extract more Michigan groundwater near Evart, Michigan.
-
APMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Center in UP to look at impact of oil spills in freshwater
-Lake Superior State University in Michigan’s eastern Upper Peninsula has been selected as a hub for a center that will look at the impacts of oil spills in freshwater environments.
-
Andrew ReevesDrinking WaterFeature HomepageLake HuronLake OntarioLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeQuebecU.S. and Canadian Federal Governments
Nuclear Question: Debate continues over long-term storage of nuclear waste in the Great Lakes
-The current storage situation isn’t a long-term one, but the question of where the waste should be hosted and what it means for the impacted community remains hotly debated.
-
APDrinking WaterFeature LeadMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Michigan city declares emergency over lead; governor visits
-Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said she visited Benton Harbor on Tuesday to listen to residents who have been urged to use bottled water because of elevated levels of lead in their tap water.
-
Enbridge temporarily stops Michigan pipeline due to protests
-The operator of a Michigan oil pipeline said it temporarily shut down Line 5 Tuesday after protesters warned the company that they planned to turn an emergency valve.
-
Arbitrator: Official wrongly fired in Flint water scandal
-The only Michigan official fired in the Flint water catastrophe likely was a “public scapegoat” who lost her job because of politics, an arbitrator said in ordering $191,880 in back pay and other compensation.
-
Feature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsLake HuronLatest NewsNewsOntarioResearch, Data and TechnologySharon Oosthoek
Animal Check: New project to monitor aquatic species that live near proposed nuclear storage sites
-Nuclear Waste Management Organization and the University of Guelph this summer began a new project to help understand the potential environmental impact of the proposed underground nuclear waste storage sites.
-
Feature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsKathy JohnsonLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologySturgeonWisconsin
Sturgeon Restoration: Studying Michigan’s and Wisconsin’s current flourishing populations
-In the few locations in the Great Lakes where lake sturgeon still spawn successfully, restoration efforts are focused on studying and managing those existing populations or boosting low populations.