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Detroit wants all schools, early childhood centers to test water for lead

The city of Detroit wants all its schools to test for lead in drinking water.The Detroit Public Schools is already on board with the initiative, and has…

Howes: New metro Detroit water authority showing more transparency, better management

It was born in the throes of Detroit’s bankruptcy: the idea to take the aging, debt-ridden Detroit Water and Sewerage Department and transform it into a…

The Manistee River flowing through the Huron-Manistee National Forest.

Assessing the health of Michigan's rivers and inland waters

It's been nearly a year since we launched Stateside, and we've put a lot of focus and attention on issues regarding our Great Lakes.Today, we shifted our…

After three years of drought, the water has receded from a dock at Lake Arrowhead State Park near Wichita Falls, Texas.

Drought-Stricken Texas Town Turns To Toilets For Water

Wichita Falls may soon be one of the first cities in the nation where half the drinking water comes directly from wastewater. It will save water, but some residents find the process tough to swallow.

A cyanobacterial bloom on Lake Erie in 2013.

$40 million in federal money for water quality and forestland improvements

Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-MI, announced today that much of this federal money will come to Michigan in the form of conservation projects and water quality…

Downtown Pontiac. The city has major financial problems. The emergency manager of Pontiac wants to void a contract with the city's police dispatcher's union.

Pontiac's crisis, like Detroit's, leads to call for renewal

Pontiac may be emerging from emergency management, but it's still far from a thriving city.The city lost thousands of auto jobs before and during the…

Only 17 miles from Lake Michigan's shore, Waukesha, Wis. wants to replace its contaminated drinking water with water from the lake.

Conservation groups call on Great Lakes governors to veto water diversion proposal

More than 40 conservation groups across the Great Lakes are urging the region's eight governors to veto a proposal to divert water from Lake…

Joyce Carol Oates Wades Into Troubled Waters With 'The Sacrifice'

Based on the real-life story of Tawana Brawley (and Al Sharpton), The Sacrifice depicts the fractures in a fictional New Jersey town after a young black girl accuses white cops of assaulting her.

Enbridge sponsors water monitoring above aging pipeline in Mackinac Straits

Enbridge Energy is sponsoring new efforts to monitor waters above its aging pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac.Enbridge is working with the Great Lakes…

State advice to schools: test water for lead, take action at much lower levels

The state is advising schools to test their water for lead, even though it’s not required. Michigan’s Department of Environmental Quality wants schools to…

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