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Brian Steglitz is the Ann Arbor Public Services Area Administrator. He and his team are responsible for keeping the city's water safe. The clear pipes behind him are a testing ground for treatments designed to strip contaminants from the city's water.

For Ann Arbor water managers, an ongoing battle to keep toxic chemicals at bay

Outdated federal water laws and chemicals that were approved for industry without assessing for risk leave Ann Arbor and other communities struggling to ward off water contaminants before they foul drinking water supplies.

Issues & Ale – 50 years after the Clean Water Act - May 18, 2023

Join Michigan Radio's Environment Report host Lester Graham and Great Lakes News Collaborative partner Kelly House from Bridge Michigan at this live discussion as we look at what’s been accomplished and some of the big water quality challenges we’re still facing in Michigan 50 years after the Clean Water Act was passed. This is a free Michigan Radio event.

Michigan Radio welcomes StoryCorps’ MobileBooth to Flint

This August, Michigan Radio will welcome StoryCorps’ renowned Airstream-trailer-turned-recording-booth to Flint, Michigan to collect the stories of local…

A girl poses for a portrait in a camp for internally displaced people on the outskirts of Baidoa, Somalia, on Dec. 14. As people flee their homes because of drought, famine and fighting, camps have sprung up this year around the Somali capital and other cities.

This is what displaced Somalians want you to know about their humanitarian crisis

Dusty camps of displaced people have sprung up on the outskirts of cities. They ran from their homes because of drought, famine and fighting that involves the militant group al-Shabaab.

Toxicologist says cuts to EPA mean Flint won’t be the only community with unsafe water

Perhaps no state in the country is more aware of water safety than Michigan. Seeing the Flint water disaster play out since 2014 has given us all a harsh…

State urges Benton Harbor residents to use bottled water due to lead risk in drinking water

This is the first time the state has urged the city's residents to avoid consuming tap water.

Flint is on track to have $100 water bills in 5 years, state says

Flint's water rates are on track to double in the next five years – even though the city already pays some of the highest water rates in the country.That…

Provisions of the climate change statute appear certain to increase the already immense tide of farm-related nutrient pollution draining from the land and contaminating surface and groundwater in the grain-growing regions of the Great Lakes states and the Midwest Corn Belt.

New US climate law could make Midwest water contamination worse

Billions in clean energy incentives rely on raw materials from polluting corn and livestock.

Judge sides with city of Flint in court fight over water rates

The city of Flint appears to have prevailed in a court fight over disconnecting delinquent water customers.Last August, Genesee County Circuit Court Judge…

A study released by the U.S. Geological Survey on Wednesday estimates that at least 45% of U.S. tap water could be contaminated with at least one form of PFAS, which could have harmful health effects.

'Forever chemicals' could be in nearly half of U.S. tap water, a federal study finds

A new government study estimates that at least 45% of the nation's tap water could be contaminated with one or more forms of PFAS. Here's what to do if you're worried about what's in your faucet.

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