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BudgetChicagoDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageFeature LeadFeature-ChicagoGary WilsonIllinoisInfrastructureLatest NewsLeadNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeQ&A: New EPA Great Lakes administrator talks Benton Harbor, infrastructure, AOC cleanup
-Sites like the Detroit River will benefit from the billion-dollar windfall, says new Region 5 administrator Debra Shore. Shore also defends Michigan’s actions in Benton Harbor.
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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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CollaborationDrinking WaterIllinoisInfrastructureLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
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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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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From NPR: Check if you have lead pipes in your home
-NPR developed a tool to make it easier for you to check if your drinking water is at risk for lead exposure and what kinds of solutions are available to you if that’s the case. Follow the steps to learn more about the pipes in your home.
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In Progress: New Soo Lock looks at 2030 completion
-Current estimates for the cost of the project are just over $1.4 billion. Of that, $411 million has been funded so far.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganMunicipalitiesNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyUM researchers think tech could help cities better manage stormwater
-Associate Professor Branko Kerkez at the the university’s Civil and Environmental Engineering school says by using monitors and gate valves connected by the internet, systems can adjust to store water where there’s capacity so it doesn’t rush into areas already overwhelmed by stormwater.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterFeature LeadInfrastructureLatest NewsLeadMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWhy are so many Michigan water systems finding lead? They’re looking harder
-Benton Harbor is likely just the beginning. Since the southwest Michigan community’s prolonged lead-in-water crisis began making national headlines this fall, residents of Hamtramck, Wayne and Manchester have all learned that their water, too, exceeded government lead standards.
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As Michigan lawmakers ponder septic repair funds, Ohio offers a model
-When Mary Ellen Sementilli and her family moved into their creekside home in Ohio’s Appalachian region, the septic system worked like a charm. Which is to say, it was easy to forget it was there. But the family has grown in the years since, which has meant more dishwashing, showers and toilet flushes — too much for Sementilli’s septic system to handle.
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Soil hauled from Detroit park as part of storm water project
-Soil is being removed from Detroit’s Rouge Park as part of a storm water retention project to reduce flooding in streets and basements during periods of heavy rainfall. The project is expected to capture nearly 100 million gallons of storm water each year.
