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Water towers, like this one in Akron, Michigan, are the most visible manifestations of a community’s water system. Essential pieces of civic infrastructure, water systems across the state need repairs.

The quality of Michigan's water infrastructure and the consequences of failure, while still real and apparent, are no longer being ignored.

More than $1.2 million in water bill assistance available for low-income Flint and Detroit residents

The Great Lakes Water Authority is allocating more than $1.2 million to help customers cover their current and overdue water bills. About $794,000 is…

EPA urges Flint to spend $100M in federal funds for water infrastructure

The Environmental Protection Agency wrote a letter to the City of Flint and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality last week urging them to…

A view of the Pakistani territory of Baltistan from the heights of the mountain above the village of Chunda. The patches of white in the foreground are snow and water. The patches of silver in the distance are clouds that shroud the peaks of most mountains in Baltistan. The territory boasts towering peaks, including K2, the world's second highest mountain.

A glacier baby is born: Mating glaciers to replace water lost to climate change

Residents of Pakistan's Himalayan region turn to science and folklore, with backing from the U.N. They're erecting ice towers, harvesting avalanches and performing an ancient glacier ritual.

Experts say migration could offset falling birth rates — if politics don't get in the way.

Migration could prevent a looming population crisis. But there are catches

"Population decline" is a mild way to describe what could be a global demographic crisis, according to experts. But while migration may be the obvious solution, politics could get in the way.

The truth about teens, social media and the mental health crisis

A striking decline in teen mental health has coincided with the rise of smartphones and social media. Is social media causing the mental health challenges? Finally, research can answer that question.

Flint water rates to be reviewed

The rates Flint residents pay for water are going to be reviewed. Flint Emergency Manager Darnell Earley says he plans to bring in a third party…

Lead levels in Flint tap water continue to decline, according to new testing

The latest testing shows lead levels in Flint tap water continue to decline.The Department of Environmental Quality's George Krisztian says the latest…

Cecily McClellan is co-founder of We the People of Detroit and directs the “water works” program, which provides water to Detroit area residents who can’t afford it. “When people can’t afford water, it becomes a health issue,” she said, “that affects the most vulnerable, especially young mothers.”

High cost of water hits home

Rising rates hurt the state’s poorest residents.

Flint poet Semaj Brown awarded an American Academy of Poets grant

The American Academy of Poets has chosen Flint’s Poet Laureate, Semaj Brown, as one of twenty-two 2021 Poet Laureate Fellows. Brown will receive $50,000…

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