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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeCOP26Drinking WaterLatest NewsNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration Efforts‘The Opportunity Is Now’: Water Advocates View Upcoming UN Climate Conference as Moment of Relevance
-Water was overlooked in past global climate talks. Advocates are focusing on the Glasgow meeting to highlight water’s indispensable climate role.
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Climate ChangeDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageGary WilsonIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsNewsQ&A: Climate, equity and diversity top priorities for new national non-profit executive
-Great Lakes Now talked to the new Natural Resources Defense Council President and CEO Manish Bapna on a range of topics, including electric-powered vehicles, drinking water shutoffs, the fixation on economic growth, and equity and diversity issues.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeDrinking WaterEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsMinnesotaResearch, Data and TechnologyWater Quality and Restoration EffortsAmid Extreme Heat and Drought, Line 3 Pipeline Construction Puts Water At Risk
-State agencies insist — though scientists and indigenous leaders furiously disagree — that waterways won’t be affected.
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APBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingChicagoClimate ChangeDrinking WaterFeature-ChicagoIllinoisNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyWater Quality and Restoration EffortsSensors provide a real-time glimpse at Chicago River quality
-Chicago nonprofit Current in 2019 installed three sensors in the river’s three main branches to continuously estimate the amount of bacteria from human and other warm-blooded animals’ waste.
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Drinking WaterFeature HomepageGary WilsonLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe StatesWater WithdrawalsQuestion of Diversion: Great Lakes governors group silent on future water threats
-Drought in the west, changing political dynamics could provide long-term challenges for the Great Lakes.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeDrinking WaterLatest NewsNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsDroughts Push More People to Migrate Than Floods
-World Bank report sheds light on the nuanced connections between “water shocks” and human migration.
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APDrinking WaterForever Chemicals FeaturedInfrastructureMinnesotaNewsPFASWater Quality and Restoration EffortsMinnesota issues plan to treat water marred by 3M chemicals
-Minnesota pollution control and natural resources officials released a $700 million plan to improve the drinking water for 14 communities whose groundwater was contaminated due to chemical disposal by 3M.
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ClevelandDetroitDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature ClevelandFeature DetroitFeature HomepageFlintForever Chemicals FeaturedIllinoisIndianaIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNew YorkNewsOhioOntarioPFASRachel DuckettWater Quality and Restoration EffortsDrinking Water Roundup: Senate passes $1 trillion infrastructure bill, Canada reaches $8 billion settlement with First Nations
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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Cheap Cybersecurity Defenses Exist, But They’re Not Reaching Water Utilities Who Need Them
-One in six water systems reported experiencing at least one IT-related incident in the past year. In the words of a National Rural Water Association brief, “the cyber pandemic for the industry has already begun.”
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolicyWater Quality and Restoration EffortsToilet water is fouling Michigan’s water. State eyes loans to fix septics.
-Nearly 30% of Michigan homes have septic systems — well above the national average of about 20%.
