Great Lakes Echo (https://greatlakesecho.org/category/water/page/7/)
Includes water quality, quantity and use.
The Great Lakes Water Authority plans to increase the ability of its water and wastewater systems to cope with flooding and other severe weather conditions under a capital improvement plan to be carried out over five years. The investment will consist of 182 projects from 2023 to 2027 in the region at a cost of approximately $1.73 billion.
A new book explores the interconnected layers of the Great Lakes, from the leadership of local native tribes to the concerning intensity of resource extraction. The book took several years to write to fully and accurately capture a cohesive picture of the Great Lakes and their histories.
Even as community water systems are praised by the state for maintaining fluoride levels, others are still holding out.
Michigan residents would pay 3 to 6 cents more for a bottle of water under a plan to sustain Great Lakes water improvements.
After nearly a century and a half, river restoration projects may bring back the rapids that once characterized Grand Rapids, Michigan and provide environmental and economic boosts to the city.
Children’s health advocates are pushing to install drinking water filters in Michigan schools and child care centers to protect them from lead poisoning.
Toxins from harmful algal blooms are known to pollute water, but now researchers are looking at how they harm Great Lakes air.
A new Environmental Protection Agency mobile app will help communities track water quality at their beaches.
Meteotsunamis also threaten the ecosystem by increasing erosion and releasing contaminants within sediments.
Restoring one of the rapids on the St. Marys River is helping diverse fish species recover in the river that connects lakes Superior and Huron, according to a recent study.