Great Lakes Echo (http://greatlakesecho.org/tag/Water-quality/)
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Few people can depict how water gets to the tap and where it goes after it hits the drain, an ignorance that requires a disaster to generate support to upgrade an aging system of pipes and treatment.
An extreme example in an Ontario river shows these mollusks are more sensitive to pollution than we knew.
A recent study says that there’s little to no water quality monitoring for recreational waters in winter. Winter swimmers, surfers and sailboarders beware.
It illustrates where bacteria affiliated with agricultural run-off or defective sewer systems is present.
They sniff out pollution with the help of high-tech DNA analysis.
Frequent sampling is the only way to know well water is safe, but there are no statewide testing requirements for owners of private wells in Michigan.
A new mathematical model could bolster research on plastic in the Great Lakes.
Michigan cities like Flint aren’t the only cause for water worry.
A recent study found most trash on Great Lakes beaches is plastic – consumer goods like water bottles and food wrappers.
The study found that as many as 78 percent of Milwaukee streams have toxic levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, also known as PAHs.