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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationDrinking WaterFeature HomepageGreat Lakes News CollaborativeGroundwater ContaminationHistory and CultureIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsPFASPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectRecreation and TourismRefreshThe ProvincesThe StatesU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsAmendment to Clean Water Act improves Great Lakes through critical observation, collaboration
-The Great Lakes region has seen significant improvement since the river fires of 1969, bringing people back the waters they know and love.
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Algae BloomsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLake ErieLatest NewsMichiganNewsRefreshScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration Efforts“It’s a good thing”: Fishflies in Great Lakes region signify healthy water
-Even though fishflies may not be the prettiest insects, they represent good. A large number of fishflies near the Great Lakes area means the water is healthy.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationDrinking WaterLatest NewsMichiganNewsPFASPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsNessel: $10B PFAS settlement with 3M doesn’t resolve Michigan’s claims
-Michigan communities with PFAS in their water supply could be eligible for payments from chemical manufacturer 3M, after the company reached a $10.3 billion settlement.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsEPA wants Native American tribes to implement water quality standards equivalent to the Clean Water Act’s requirements
-The U.S. EPA proposes federal baseline water quality standards for lakes and streams on reservations.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationDetroitIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeRefreshWater Quality and Restoration EffortsOnce beset by industrial pollution, Rouge River on a slow path to recovery
-Thanks to the Clean Water Act, the Rouge is no longer a dumping ground for waste. But its gains are incomplete, with contaminants still soiling the river bottom and the fish in its waters.
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Feature HomepageIndianaKathy JohnsonLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNewsOhioPFASPFAS News RoundupWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinPFAS News Roundup: West Michigan is showing PFAS levels higher than the national average
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in this biweekly headline roundup.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationDrinking WaterLatest NewsMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsForest to MI Faucet: Using trees to keep water sources pristine
-A forest expert at the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is putting together a program to use trees to help keep sources of drinking water cleaner.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationDrinking WaterFeature HomepageForever Chemicals FeaturedLatest NewsMichiganNewsPFASRefreshWater Quality and Restoration EffortsOngoing battle to keep toxic chemicals at bay
-Outdated laws leave communities struggling to ward off contaminants before they foul drinking supplies.
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AgricultureCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationDrinking WaterFoodIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake ErieLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNewsOhioRecreation and TourismWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinOpposition to CAFOs Mounts Across the Nation
-Toxic manure discharges from large livestock operations is a major source of water pollution.
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AgricultureAlgae BloomsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageIndianaIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake ErieLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinIn A Year of Water Quality Reckoning, National Imperative is Impeded
-Law and policy treat farms as special class of polluter.
