Green group finds contaminated tap water in Ann Arbor
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) says it commissioned a study that tested tap water in 35 cities across the United States and found a cancer causing chemical in 31 of the cities they tested.In...
View ArticleDetroit Water and Sewerage says customers can ignore erroneous shut-off notices
A computer glitch at the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department led to some customers receiving shut-off notices.DWSD officials say customers who received the notices "with an address that isn’t theirs"...
View ArticleThe future of southeast Michigan's drinking water (part 2)
Detroit’s water department has been under federal oversight for almost 35 years. Recently, the city tried to get that oversight lifted. But the federal judge who monitors the department shot that...
View ArticleMacomb County officials avert drinking water monitoring system shutdown – for...
It looks like a system that monitors drinking water for at least three million people in southeast Michigan will stay online for another year.The monitoring system gives early alerts if chemical spills...
View ArticleLess money for cities to fix water systems?
by Julie Grant for The Environment ReportWhen Ernie Runions took the job as maintenance manager at the Senior Citizens Housing Center in Louisville, New York, he didn’t realize how much time he’d be...
View ArticleFlint officials are considering tapping the Flint River as a source for...
Rising water costs have Flint officials looking at the Flint River as a source of drinking water.
View ArticleMount Clemens wins contest for best water
Mount Clemens in southeastern Michigan has been honored for the best drinking water.The Macomb Daily says Mount Clemens recently received the nod from the Michigan branch of the American Water Works...
View ArticleFlint's water and sewer rate hikes subject of lawsuit
A judge will consider a request to dismiss a lawsuit challenging Flint’s skyrocketing water and sewer rates this week.Since 2011, Flint’s water and sewer rates have more than doubled. City officials...
View Article35 years later, Detroit's sewer and water department no longer under federal...
Running the country's largest wastewater treatment plant is not easy.You've got to treat more than 700 million gallons of 'who-knows-what' every day.In 1977, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...
View ArticleCould there be a "Water War" between Flint and Detroit?
A battle is brewing over where the city of Flint will get its tap water.Last month, the Flint city council voted to join a project to get fresh water from Lake Huron. Supporters say the project will...
View Article8 breweries in Michigan take ‘clean water pledge’
The Natural Resources Defense Council has recruited eight craft breweries in Michigan for a new campaign to promote clean water by supporting strengthening federal regulations like the Clean Water...
View ArticleState OKs Flint's plan to get water from pipeline to Lake Huron
Update 5:26 p.m.Flint needed the state's permission to join the water pipeline project because the city is run by an emergency manager. Supporters say the new pipeline will save Flint money.Bill...
View ArticleWhat do you know about H2O?
Drink up! It’s national Drinking Water Week.This week, the nation celebrates good old H2O, which just this year knocked out pop — or soda, if you prefer — as the number one beverage in the United...
View ArticleSix schools in Rockford will remain closed Friday over E. coli contamination...
Around 2,500 students in the Rockford Public Schools district are home today because of E. coli bacteria in the city’s water system. Complications over the holiday weekend led to elevated levels of the...
View ArticleE coli has cleared from Rockford water system, residents advised to take...
The E coli bacteria that was discovered earlier this week in Rockford’s municipal water system has cleared out. People living in the Grand Rapids suburb will need to do some things around their house...
View ArticleMichigan health officials release report on impacts of Enbridge oil spill
The Michigan Department of Community Health released its public health assessment of the waters and fish affected by the 2010 Enbridge oil spill.You can read their report here.They conclude the spill...
View ArticleStateside for Wednesday, October 16th, 2013
When you grab a bottle of water at the grocery store, do you ever wonder where that water came from.And do you really know the quality of that water? We found out if it's really better than what comes...
View ArticleWhat should we do about the trace chemicals found in drinking water?
Before I talk about the small bits of chemicals often found in drinking water, I want to direct some attention to the national water contamination story going on now because I think it reveals...
View ArticleJoin Michigan Radio for Issues & Ale discussion on Michigan’s drinking water
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View ArticleThis mom didn't know why her family was sick until she checked their water
It’s been called “the mother of all poisons.” You can't taste arsenic and you can’t smell it, which is why it’s been the poison of choice for centuries. “During the Middle Ages it was called the...
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