Water
Toxic hotspot builds nontoxic community engagement
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There were no controls over what was being dumped into the river. It was a free for all.
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EPA wins settlement in Elkhart, Indiana, pollution suit
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The contamination has affected the drinking water quality for local residents using wells
Water
New Northwestern Michigan College two-year degree readies students for water technology jobs
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Until now, such a two-year water quality environmental technology degree was nonexistent.
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Volunteers find high road salt levels in Michigan waterways
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Measurements from a 2021 study show that Lake Michigan’s salt content has risen up to fifteen times its natural level since the 1800s, but the effects of these high levels are only now being understood.
Algae
Lake Erie algae mucks up fishing trips
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A Michigan State University study estimates that up to $5.9 million annually in economic activity is lost in Michigan’s small portion of Lake Erie due to harmful algal blooms.
Water
New technology provides hope for the Great Lakes’ polluted waters
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The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Environmental Protection Agency have demonstrated a new technology designed to reduce harmful algal blooms as part of a wide range of efforts on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border to address the threat of Eutrophication on the Great Lakes and other inland bodies of water.
Great Lakes
Water test: a long history and hopeful future of human impact on Great Lakes ecology
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The Lake Michigan and Lake Huron waters governed by an 1836 treaty are at the heart of negotiations between Michigan, the federal government and Native American tribes to determine how much and what kinds of fish can be harvested. Much has changed since the treaty was signed in 1836, notably because of invasive mussels. But human activity changed the lakes long before then.
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Watershed groups fight decades-old pollution
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Michigan watersheds are still wracked with pollution from decades ago, along with new runoff. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s MI Healthy Climate Plan would make preserving land and water a statewide priority.
Water
Study finds need for public to see connection between forests and clean drinking water
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While forests are known to enhance the water quality of nearby watersheds, oftentimes people don’t recognize forests’ role in providing clean drinking water, according to a new study from Michigan State University. The research was conducted at three watersheds in Michigan: the heavily urbanized Detroit River Watershed, the less populated and heavily forested Au Sable River Watershed and the more populated agricultural, forested and urban Lower Grand River Watershed.
Echo
A new EPA app aims to help track water quality at beaches
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A new Environmental Protection Agency mobile app will help communities track water quality at their beaches.