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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationCOVID-19DetroitDrinking WaterFeature DetroitGroundwater ContaminationInfrastructureLatest NewsLeadMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Another Casualty of COVID: Testing declines for lead poisoning in Michigan
-During the pandemic, the number of children being tested for lead poisoning has been cut in half.
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Damming Decisions: Watch party for Great Lakes Now and The Age of Nature
-Learn more about what happens when these dams are built and what happens when they come down in this Great Lakes Now watch party.
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Wipes flushed in toilets cause big waste spill in Michigan small town
-Baby wipes clogged the wastewater system in Beulah in northern Michigan, causing a 10,000-gallon backup.
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CollaborationDrinking WaterFlintGroundwater ContaminationIllinoisInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsOhioOntarioWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Legionella and other dangerous pathogens still lurk in U.S. drinking water
-Though less common than in the past, microbes that contaminate tap water continue to sicken — and sometimes kill — Americans.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationDetroitDetroit RiverFeature DetroitInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNews
EGLE fines company $60,000 over 2019 Detroit dock collapse
-The Revere Dock was illegally storing limestone aggregate along the river when the site collapsed in late November 2019.
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Minnesota Supreme Court weighs fate of PolyMet mine permits
-PolyMet wants to build the first of what could eventually be several copper-nickel mines in Minnesota.
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Age of NatureCollaborationFish, Birds and AnimalsHabitat RestorationIndigenous CommunitiesInfrastructureLatest NewsLorraine BoissoneaultMichiganNew YorkNewsPBSTraverse City
Dams Across the Great Lakes: End of the line for aging infrastructure?
-Instead of spending money to repair old dams, more communities are putting resources towards decommissioning dams and letting rivers run free.
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Age of NatureAgricultureAsian CarpBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingClimate ChangeEvents and Special BroadcastsFish, Birds and AnimalsGreat Lakes Now Watch PartiesHabitat RestorationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureInvasive SpeciesLighthouses, Museums and Cultural InstitutionsMunicipalitiesNewsPBSRecreation and TourismResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchTourismWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWaterfront Development
Watch Party: River Influence
-Great Lakes Now Program Director Sandra Svoboda chats with journalist Lorraine Boissoneault and Drew YoungeDyke from the National Wildlife Federation about mining, Asian carp, water quality and the Great Lakes.
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Explainer: Who regulates U.S. drinking water, and how?
-Federal, state and local governments all have a hand in protecting public water systems and private wells from contamination.
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Energy News RoundupEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIan WendrowIllinoisIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsOhioWisconsin
Great Lakes Energy News Roundup: Illinois, Ohio coal plants closing; Michigan treatment plant upgrade, Wisconsin poor infrastructure
-Catch the latest in Great Lakes energy news in Great Lakes Now’s fortnightly headline roundup.