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Drinking Water News Roundup: New water infrastructure funding, projects, programs
From lead pipes to PFAS, drinking water contamination is a major issue plaguing cities and towns all around the Great Lakes. Cleaning up contaminants and providing safe water to everyone is an ongoing public health struggle.
Keep up with drinking water-related developments in the Great Lakes area.
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Indiana:
- Water renovation project extends municipal water access to hundreds – The Indiana Gazette
Prior to the approximately $12 million project that connected Plumville and Crooked Creek water treatment plants, most residents in the area as well as the school district relied on well water.
How will tire chemicals affect Great Lakes fish? Some scientists hope to find out
Just a couple years ago, nobody had heard of 6PPD-quinone, a chemical by-product of car tires. Until it was discovered that it can kill fish, including species in the Great Lakes.
Researchers with the University of Washington discovered in late 2020 that 6PPD-quinone was washing off roadways and into Seattle’s urban creeks during rainstorms – a death sentence for coho salmon.
Lake Michigan, Lake Huron lost 20 trillion gallons of water over last 2 years
The Great Lakes have been receding from record high water levels over the past few years. The amount of water that has left the Great Lakes is staggering. Each Great Lake peaked in a different year, and each of the Great Lakes’ water levels have fallen from there. Read the full story by MLive. Read…
See animation of growing Great Lakes ice coverage
An animation from the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) shows the growing ice coverage from Dec. 3 when there was almost no ice to Jan. 31 when the five lakes were 40% frozen over. Read the full story by MLive. Read the full story
Shipping season begins on Great Lakes with opening of Soo Locks
The Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, opened the Poe Lock to all marine traffic at 6 p.m. Eastern on Friday, March 22, marking the start of the 2024 Great Lakes shipping season. Read the full story by the Daily Press. Read the full story
Supply chain slowdown could boost demand for recycled materials: TikTok edition
In our newest TikTok, Echo reporter Danielle James discusses how the pandemic’s impact on supply chains could help the recycling industry bring in new business.
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