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BudgetCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageFeature LeadFlintIllinoisIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsLeadMichiganMunicipalitiesNatasha BlakelyNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectThe StatesWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWater's True CostMichigan’s 20th Century water systems too big for its shrinking city populations
-Cities around the Great Lakes region struggle with the cost of water maintenance and operation as their populations decline.
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APBudgetDetroitDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFlintGrand RapidsInfrastructureMichiganNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeRecreation and TourismThe StatesWater Quality and Restoration EffortsMichigan Legislature approves $4.8B infrastructure plan
-Michigan lawmakers approved $4.8 billion in spending, mostly for infrastructure upgrades, with an influx of federal pandemic and other funds that will go toward water systems and more.
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APDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature LeadFlintLeadMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeJudge: Ex-governor must testify in Flint water civil trial
-U.S. District Judge Judith Levy denied motions by Snyder, his former advisor, two former state-appointed emergency managers and an ex-Flint city official to quash subpoenas compelling them to testify.
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APDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFlintInfrastructureMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsFlint water main breaks prompt water conservation request
-Flint uses about 10 million gallons of water per day. Water main breaks since early January have increased water usage to more than 11 million gallons per day.
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APDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature LeadFlintLeadMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeSnyder will take 5th if called to testify in water trial
-Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, who faces misdemeanor charges in the Flint water crisis, wants to avoid testifying in a civil trial involving engineering firms that are being sued over liability for lead-contaminated water.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFlintLatest NewsLeadMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeTrial begins in lawsuit against engineering firms that advised Flint during water crisis
-A federal trial is underway to decide if engineering firms that advised the city of Flint on water issues bear some responsibility for the city’s water crisis.
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APDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature LeadInfrastructureLeadMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsUS pushes for better tap water but must win over wary public
-Already, 20% of adults nationally say they don’t drink tap water — filtered or not — up from 14% before the Flint crisis, according to a study of federal survey data.
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APDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature LeadFlintLeadMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeJudge: Lawsuit can proceed against Flint water contractor
-A judge on Monday refused to dismiss a lawsuit against an engineering company, which is accused of not doing enough to stop the flow of lead-contaminated water in Flint in 2015.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature LeadFlintLatest NewsLeadMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeFlint water crisis settlement claims process begins this week
-Starting this week, tens of thousands of people in Flint can begin filing damage claims as part of a $626 million settlement of civil lawsuits in the Flint water crisis.
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Judge OKs $626 million settlement in Flint water litigation
-A judge on Wednesday approved a $626 million deal to settle lawsuits filed by Flint residents who found their tap water contaminated by lead following disastrous decisions to switch the city’s water source and a failure to swiftly acknowledge the problem.
