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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationCOVID-19DetroitDrinking WaterFeature DetroitLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental Justice
Michigan Allocates $20 Million to Relieve Customer Water Debts
-The state is using federal CARES Act funding to help residents pay off past-due water bills that accrued during the pandemic.
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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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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipChicagoClevelandCollaborationDetroitDrinking WaterFeature ClevelandFeature DetroitFeature-ChicagoIllinoisLatest NewsMichiganMunicipalitiesNewsOhioPennsylvania
Lack of Utility Data Obscures Customer Water Debt Problems
-Inadequate data hampers understanding of who is most affected by overdue water bills.
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APBudgetDetroitDrinking WaterFeature DetroitFlintGroundwater ContaminationInfrastructureLeadMichiganNewsPFASWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Michigan governor releases $500 million water infrastructure plan
-The initiative, dubbed MI Clean Water, calls for creating a pot of money from which local governments could apply for grants or loans to improve their water treatment systems.
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DetroitDetroit RiverFeature DetroitGary WilsonGroundwater ContaminationHabitat RestorationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
In Perpetuity: Toxic Great Lakes sites will require attention for generations to come
-Capping has become a popular form of remediation for contaminated sites but requires decades-long monitoring.
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30 in Their Thirties: Great Lakes Now host makes the list
-“Getting acknowledged like this is a really big honor,” GLN host Ward Detwiler said.
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DetroitDetroit RiverFeature DetroitIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentJohn HartigLatest NewsMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWaterfront Development
Great Lakes Moment: Cleanup of contaminated river sediment begins at old Uniroyal site
-In this month’s column from writer John Hartig, he looks at the history of the Uniroyal site and current cleanup plans.
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Climate ChangeCOVID-19DetroitDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature DetroitLatest NewsMichiganNewsWisconsin
Intersecting Crises: Fighting for climate justice in a pandemic
-Both climate change and COVID-19 are environmental justice issues, but fighting one in the middle of another poses challenges for advocates.
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APDetroitFeature DetroitGroundwater ContaminationInfrastructureLake St. ClairMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Michigan rejects Macomb County sewage treatment lagoon plan
-The structure would use 1,400 feet of protected state waters where Chapaton Canal enters Lake St. Clair.