Skip to content
  • logo
  • logo
  • Home
  • Solutions
  • Water
  • Nearshore
  • Recreation
  • Wildlife
  • Energy
  • Waste
  • About
  • Contact

Great Lakes Echo - Environmental news of the Great Lakes region

Great Lakes Echo (https://greatlakesecho.org/category/water/page/10/)

  • Home
  • Solutions
  • Water
  • Nearshore
  • Recreation
  • Wildlife
  • Energy
  • Waste
  • About
  • Contact
  • Global Navigation
  • Hot Topics:
  • Law
  • Art
Subscribe

Water

Includes water quality, quantity and use.

Related Topics:
  • Water
  • Echo
  • Water quality
  • Great Lakes
  • Commentary
Water

Great Lakes produce new record for waterspouts in one week

By Audrey Porter  | November 4, 2020

The Great Lakes produced a new high record in its number of 232 waterspouts from Sept. 28 through Oct. 4.

Water

Researchers want invasive aquatic critters out of Great Lakes ballast water

By Claire Moore | October 12, 2020

University of Wisconsin-Superior researchers are trying to figure out how to better regulate teeny-tiny invasive organisms that stow away on large vessels traversing the Great Lakes Basin.

Algae

As toxic algal blooms impact Lake Erie, Michigan sees agriculture as main culprit

By Taylor Haelterman | August 5, 2020

Toxic algae blooming in Lake Erie is creating safety concerns for humans and aquatic life prompting the state of Michigan to work with farmers to reduce the phosphorus levels in field runoff.

aquaculture

Million dollar grant funds study of Great Lakes aquaculture

By Carin Tunney | July 22, 2020

A million-dollar grant to study aquaculture aims to boost the number of fish farms in the Great Lakes region.

Homepage Featured

Michigan Attorney General wants Line 5 shut down until damage is investigated

By Cassidy Hough | June 23, 2020

After an unknown incident caused Enbridge Energy to shut down the east leg of Line 5 last week, Attorney General Dana Nessel has requested that the entire pipeline be temporarily shut down until the damage is investigated further.

Water

Risks in Michigan’s urban environment

By admin | June 1, 2020

This is the second part of a four-part series on Environmental Risk in Michigan: Past, Present and Future.

Homepage Featured

Scientists to explore mysterious Lake Huron sinkholes

By Carin Tunney | May 29, 2020

The billions of years old microbes found in the sinkholes may hold the secret of how Earth went from inhabitable to habitable, sustaining plant and animal life.

remote sensing

Eyes in the sky detect Great Lakes harmful algal blooms

By Claire Moore | April 8, 2020

Cyanobacteria can’t grow in the Great Lakes Basin without NASA knowing.

Water

Rising waters threaten wells, drinking water systems

By Katrianna Ray | March 18, 2020

Four out of the five Great Lakes set water level records for February, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 

Homepage Featured

Wisconsin tribe recognizes Menominee River rights

By Amelia Cole | March 13, 2020

The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin in January asserted that the Menominee River has the right to exist naturally, flourish, evolve, remain unpolluted and carry out its natural ecosystem functions. 

Load more articles
Twitter Instagram Facebook Email

Catch of the Day

  • Michigan Press Association honors Echo reporters

    Ten Great Lakes Echo reporters recently scored honors in the 2023 Michigan Press Association’s College Better Newspaper Contest.  “Our bench is deep, but it has to be to cover the world’s most important beat,” said Echo Editor David Poulson

  • More Catch of the Day

Commentary

  • GUEST COMMENTARY: Speak up to stop the spotted lanternfly and other invaders

    By David Strayer If you’ve driven Michigan’s highways lately, you’ve probably seen the billboards: a big picture of a lanternfly, with the message, “See it. Squish it. Report it.” This is good advice, as far as it goes, but it should go further. The spotted lanternfly is a serious pest that is poised to cause […]

  • More Photo Friday

Podcasts

  • Four electric buses will hit University of Michigan’s campus next summer

    Power is supplied to the electric motor very quickly which gives the electric bus high performance and rapid acceleration.

  • More podcasts

Climate Stories

Climate News: Great Lakes Region
planetdetroit.org
Experts say updating Michigan’s building code may be key for meeting climate goals. Here’s why.
Experts say updating Michigan’s building code may be key for meeting climate goals. Here’s why.
Read more
wbez.org
Everything you need to know about Illinois’ $4,000 electric vehicle rebate
Everything you need to know about Illinois’ $4,000 electric vehicle rebate
Read more
planetdetroit.org
These 3 Detroit restaurants are tackling climate change in the kitchen
These 3 Detroit restaurants are tackling climate change in the kitchen
Read more
clickondetroit.com
How changing climate is impacting Michigan’s fall colors
How changing climate is impacting Michigan’s fall colors
Read more

COVID-19

  • Communities welcome return of winter festivals

    By Sammy Schuck Most people may know that festivals attract people to Michigan communities. What most may not know is that festivals and events in the state are an annual $1 billion industry, according to Michigan Festivals and Events Association CEO Mike Szukhent. According to Szukhent, the lack of winter festivals last year “hit hard.” […]

  • More COVID-19 stories

  • Great Lakes Echo

Contact Us

Email: GreatLakesEcho@gmail.com
Phone: 517-432-1415

Search This Site

Browse Archives

© Copyright 2025, Great Lakes Echo

Built with the Largo WordPress Theme from the Institute for Nonprofit News.

Back to top ↑