Water
Detroiters can get another 1,125 gallons of water under discount program
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Detroit water rates have gone up 407% over the last 20 years, and 120% in just the last 10 years.
Homepage Featured
Federal funds aid efforts to plug orphan wells
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Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania have each received a $25 million grant from the federal government through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to plug orphan wells.
Homepage Featured
Perennial grains: great for beer, bread and the fight against climate change
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The initiative took a holistic approach in developing Kernza, thinking about how the plant could benefit farmers and the environment.
Commentary
December: A Visit to the Museum of Ice
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When we were thinking about a new museum devoted to one of the most beautiful and interesting things on our planet – ice – we had to think hard about how best to display and preserve this delicate substance. So welcome to the Museum of Ice, Michigan’s largest museum, open daily (weather permitting) between December and March. Just step outside anywhere in the state and you’re in the museum.
Waste
Don’t hide your poo — and here’s why
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Universities across the globe are monitoring wastewater on their campuses for viruses like COVID-19. It is a practice that has raised some medical privacy concerns, although researchers say there is no way to link the detection of the virus in wastewater with an individual who is sick.
Echo
Researchers in Minnesota acquire first genome for doli algal bloom
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For the first time, a genome sequence has been developed for an unfamiliar species of harmful algae that’s been blooming in the Great Lakes.
Water
Michigan agency plans wetlands to combat algal blooms
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Algal blooms are wreaking havoc in Lake Erie, but the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has a plan: Wetlands.
Echo
UWindsor undergrad cuts research costs with DIY erosion sensors
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A University of Windsor graduate student is creating erosion sensors, called transducers, for less than 5% of the commercial cost. The devices help researchers understand how boat wakes erode the shoreline.
CIGLR
Study: Why are Lake Superior’s quiet winters so important?
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Shipping vessels make Lake Superior one of the loudest freshwater lakes in the world, but ice makes it one of the quietest during winter. The winter silence plays a key role in conserving the lake’s marine animals.
Echo
Guilty pleas in Clean Water Act prosecution
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An Ottawa County, Michigan, electroplating company and two of its top officers have pleaded guilty to violating the federal Clean Water Act by discharging wastewater with excessive amounts of zinc.