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Water usage from the Great Lakes basin declined 3% in 2022 compared to the year before

An annual report from the Great Lakes Commission says water usage from the Great Lakes basin dropped 3% in 2022, compared to the year before.

The Great Lakes Water Authority said Sunday that it had isolated a broken section of a 10-foot water main near Port Huron that led to more than 900,000 people being advised to boil their water on Saturday.

Some communities still under boil water advisory as crews work to repair SE Michigan water main

The Great Lakes Water Authority said Saturday that it was working to isolate a break on a 120-inch water main in Port Huron. The authority said that water main is the largest in its system.

State cutting Flint subsidies paying for water from Detroit

The state of Michigan is stopping a pair of financial lifelines that helped Flint residents through the city’s water crisis.A year ago, Gov. Rick Snyder…

Special meeting on Flint water woes is a bust

Flint city staff snubbed city council members who wanted to hold a special meeting tonight on the city’s drinking water problems.No city staffer showed up…

National Guardsmen delivered bottled water in Flint earlier this year.

A year after Flint’s emergency declaration, state says bottled water isn’t needed

Here we are at the one-year anniversary of the declaration of emergency in Flint, and we’re in the midst of an all-out tug-of-war between the state of…

Complaints about Flint water continue

Flint residents turned out Tuesday to complain about the quality of Flint's water and safety concerns.Chanting “Clean water…that’s all we want,” a small…

A social worker prepares to roll out with an officer at Denver Police District 5 on December 21, 2017. Denver has been a model for other cities, including Philadelphia, trying to create new ways to respond to emergency calls involving mental illnesses or drug addictions.

Cities know the way police respond to mental crisis calls needs to change. But how?

About 1 in 5 people killed by police since 2015 were having a mental health crisis. Like other cities, Philadelphia is trying a new approach: sending along social workers to respond to those calls.

Searching for a potentially new problem in Flint's water

Virginia Tech researchers are back in Flint testing the city’s water.This time they’re looking for bacteria that can lead to a variety of illnesses,…

In 2015, testing showed a significant spike in blood lead levels in Flint children. (File photo)

New study estimates two-thirds of young children in Chicago exposed to detectable levels of lead in drinking water

The JAMA Pediatrics study has echoes of the Flint water crisis

Virginia Tech back in Flint to test water heaters

Virginia Tech researchers are back in Flint this week.This time they’re focused on the city’s hot water heaters.Many Flint residents fear lead and other…

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