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(MI) The Associated Press – Two Upper Peninsula brothers accused of dumping fish remains for years into a Lake Michigan bay have been sentenced to six months of home confinement. Carl and Donald Frazier process whitefish in Naubinway in Mackinac County. The government says they dumped barrels of fish guts into the water and shoreline of Epoufette Bay. More
(MI) Traverse City Record-Eagle – An area fruit processor may solve a growing, expensive problem: how the industry treats its water waste. Grawn-based Cherry Growers Inc. will spend at least $100,000 to pilot the use of air-sparging, a proven treatment for petroleum cleanups, to reverse problems created by the high sugar content in its waste stream. More
(IN) Indianapolis Star Tribune – Environmental activists who are upset about Indiana’s water pollution rules say they’ll ask the federal government to take action against the state. The Hoosier Environmental Council, the Sierra Club and the Environmental Law and Policy Center have scheduled a teleconference today to discuss their plans to ask the federal government to act against Indiana’s authority over its water control program. More
(MI) AnnArbor.com – The Ann Arbor City Council unanimously agreed tonight to accept the Huron River and Impoundment Management Plan, a new blueprint for taking care of the Huron River – the primary source of drinking water for city residents. By its action, the City Council formally accepted 30 consensus recommendations from the HRIMP report that were endorsed by both the Environmental Commission and Parks Advisory Commission. More
(MN) Minneapolis Star Tribune – Two years into a five-year test of herbicides to control Eurasian water milfoil on Lake Minnetonka, results are so encouraging that more shoreline property owners are asking for the chemical treatment in their bays. After seeing the weed fade away this year on Grays Bay and Phelps Bay, residents of Gideons Bay and St. Albans Bay are trying to raise money for milfoil treatments next summer. More
(IL) Chicago Tribune – A plan is under way in Highland Park to help keep at least a small amount of raw sewage out of Lake Michigan — the source of drinking water and recreation for millions of people across the region. In a project that will eventually cost millions of dollars, the North Shore Sanitary District recently approved $150,000 to design the replacement of a mile-long stretch of concrete pipe, three feet in diameter, from a sewage pumping station at Highland Park’s Rosewood Beach to the Clavey Road treatment plant, also in the city. More
By Emily Lawler
Nov. 28, 2009
LANSING, Mich. — Forget letting the bedbugs bite – even having them in your home is a danger. The entire United States is dealing with a resurgence of these pesky parasites, which feed on human blood. “They can cause red itchy lesions,” said Kim Signs, a zoonotic disease epidemiologist with Michigan’s Department of Community Health.
(MN) Minnesota Public Radio – A new study of rusting steel supports in the Duluth-Superior harbor points to dissolved copper in the water as a contributing factor. Duluth shipping officials raised the alarm a few years ago about accelerating corrosion eating away an estimated 50,000 of tons of steel a year. Steel supports several miles of harbor walls and shipping docks. The study cites a combination of factors including bacteria, dissolved copper and scouring by ice. Jim Sharrow, with the Duluth Port Authority, said the damage has been evident where ice forms. More
(MI) The Mudpuppy – Two Israeli companies have agreed to start water technology pilot projects in Michigan, says Lt. Gov. John D. Cherry Jr.
Cherry recently returned from a week-long overseas trade mission to the Middle East, making stops in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Dubai, and bringing back news of the deals. More
(WI) Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – The threat of a potential lawsuit could set the stage for new regulations of a pair of pollutants responsible for algae blooms and poor drinking water. Lawyers for several environmental groups notified the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday of its intent to file suit against the agency for failing to protect state water from two forms of nutrient pollution – phosphorus and nitrogen. More