| USA. Apply for Boating Safety and Clean Water Grassroots Grants now | Community groups, nonprofits and grassroots organizations wanting to keep local boaters safe and waterways clean are... | |
| Playing on Chicago River could make you sick | The Chicago River is largely toilet water, so it would stand to reason that playing in it could make you sick. But according... | |
| Farms or Flushing? Dispute Over Source of Lake Erie Pollution | Last week I wrote about the serious threats to Lake Erie: the blooms of toxic algae, the colonization of its bottom by... | |
| Sept 11 funds target local disasters | GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) - It's a place to cool off in the summer, or watch the sunset. But Lake Michigan also... | |
| Pharmaceuticals latest danger to Great Lakes | Asian carp, cormorants, exotic mussels, mitten crabs, ruffes, gobies, spiny water fleas, blue-green algae, gizzard shad,... | |
| Beach tests: Too little and too late | Under the glare of a hot summer sun, the sparkling blue water in Lake Huron and the St. Clair River can be tantalizing. But... | |
| Funds to restore Great Lakes available to farmers in Lake Erie watershed | Farmers in the Western Lake Erie Basin have the chance to sign up for a special program to improve water quality in the... | |
| Experts search for reasons for so much algae in Lake Ontario | The Army Corps of Engineers has been hunting for a way to safeguard Ontario Beach against undesirable algae. | |
| Pollution monitors for Lake St. Clair, rivers may shut down | The nation’s most advanced drinking water monitoring system, stretching from Port Huron to Wyandotte, may be shut down... | |
| Environmental groups sue to stop Chicago's chronic sewage dumping | With no end in sight to Chicago's chronic water pollution problems, environmental groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking... | |
| EPA chief promises to bolster water protection laws | Standing on a bridge spanning the swollen muddy waters of the Menomonee River near Miller Park, Environmental Protection... | |
| Boater Feedback Needed on New Clean Boating Act Management Practices | Help EPA develop new regulations to manage pollution in our nation's water. | |
| Feds probe chronic sewage overflows into lake, streams | Billed as an engineering marvel and national model, Chicago's Deep Tunnel was designed to protect Lake Michigan from... | |
| 1991 health advisory lifted for section of Ottawa River | While it still has a lot of healing left, the much-maligned Ottawa River is showing signs of life. The Ohio Department of... | |
| Walker reins in water rules | Gov. Scott Walker's budget bill proposal would roll back regulations designed to protect waterways from weed-producing... | |
| Walker's proposal may violate Clean Water Act | The former head of the Division of Water in the state Department of Natural Resources said rollbacks of clean water... | |
| IJC report on Great Lakes: 'Threats to water quality' | WINDSOR, Ont. -- Canada and the United States are backsliding in their efforts to clean up the Great Lakes, International... | |
| Great Lakes phosphorus levels rising, report warns | A mysterious resurgence of phosphorus in the Great Lakes is endangering the aquatic food chain and human health, says a... | |
| Water quality in lakes declining | Water quality in the Great Lakes improved steadily for two decades, but that progress has stalled and may even be reversing... | |
| There’s big business in clean water | Lessons learned from water-borne disease outbreaks in Walkerton and Milwaukee over the past two decades are still playing a... | |
| Conservation groups to file suit against Chicago water district | A coalition of conservation groups announced this week they intend to take the Chicago water reclamation district to court... | |
| Radiation in fracking fluid is a new concern | Wastewater from Marcellus Shale drilling may contain unhealthy concentrations of radioactivity, and federal officials,... | |
| Regulation Lax as Gas Wells’ Tainted Water Hits Rivers | The American landscape is dotted with hundreds of thousands of new wells and drilling rigs, as the country scrambles to tap... | |
| Study suggests spring rains could cause more problems | A new study says climate change may bring heavier spring rains that could cause some sewers to overflow more heavily. That... | |
| Despite abundance of water in Great Lakes region, some areas can run short | TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Despite having more fresh water than anywhere else in the world, the Great Lakes region could... | |
| BGSU researchers study beneficial winter algae | PORT CLINTON -- When Mike McKay noticed pockets of brown water as a Canadian Coast Guard cutter broke through Lake Erie ice... | |
| Durbin, Kirk push end to dumping sewage in Great Lakes | In a display of bipartisanship, Illinois’ two U.S. senators — Republican Mark Kirk and Democrat Dick Durbin... | |
| Great Lakes are not healthy | The Great Lakes have been named the "most precious natural resource shared by America and Canada," but they are... | |
| 10 Lake County communities can dip into Lake Michigan water | The Illinois Department of Natural Resources has approved allowing 10 Lake County communities to tap into Lake Michigan, a... | |
| EPA studying what water quality improvements are needed in the Grand River | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is working to improve water quality of the Grand River and is in the process of... | |
| Illinois congressional delegation to partner to clean up Great Lakes | SPRINGFIELD — Illinois' two U.S. senators and a couple of congressmen are pledging to rid pollution in... | |
| Water think tank gets grant | A Milwaukee philanthropist is giving $2.6 million to launch a water policy think tank at the University of Wisconsin-... | |
| Chromium found in NWI | The cancer-causing chemical made famous in the movie "Erin Brockovich" is finding its way into drinking water in... | |
| Ajax wants residents swimming along waterfront | AJAX -- Years ago the Ajax waterfront was a prime spot for taking a dip in Lake Ontario and Town officials are hoping to... | |
| Push continues to end White Lake listing as 'toxic hot spot' | MUSKEGON COUNTY — The end may be in sight for White Lake’s listing as a Great Lakes toxic hot spot, and a... | |
| Environmental summit takes aim at water waste | The best way to make the best use of water is pretty simple: cut down on what drains senselessly away, and do it one drop at... | |
| EPA misses dioxin deadlines | In May 2009 newly appointed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Director Lisa Jackson called Dow Chemical’s... | |
| Snyder makes it official: DNR and DEQ split | LANSING – Gov. Rick Snyder today signed his first executive order, splitting the Michigan Department of Natural... | |
| Removal of small dam on Euclid Creek key to stream restoration, water quality | Euclid -- News of another dam coming down in any one of Ohio's hundreds of streams is practically intoxicating for water... | |
| High levels of chromium found in Chicago-area tap water | The cancer-causing metal made infamous by the movie "Erin Brockovich" is turning up in tap water from Chicago and... | |
| Greening sewers saves environment, money | Afternoon rainstorms do more than keep the grass green in Detroit. Heavy rainfall often overflows sewers, dumping untreated... | |
| Sprawl, climate change, carp control hinder Chicago sewer overflow solution | When more than two inches of rain falls in the Chicago area, the deluge flowing into storm sewers mixes with the wastewater... | |
| Michigan bans phosphorus in most lawn fertilizers | Michigan legislators have banned lawn fertilizers containing phosphorus, which in large amounts can cause algae blooms in... | |
| Water supply plans subject of hearings | Madison, WI - The state's largest public water supply systems would be required to submit plans aimed at sustaining... | |
| 10 million gallons of sewage released into Saginaw River | Facility officials say the Saginaw Water Treatment Plant has discharged 10 million gallons of untreated or partially treated... | |
| Drastic sewer increase necessary to clean up Lake Erie | CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cleveland City Councilman Mike Polensek told regional sewer officials Thursday that he understands both... | |
| N.Y. provides $61.5M for 40 water projects | ALBANY -- Gov. David Paterson on Friday announced $61.5 million to fund more than 40 projects across the state geared toward... | |
| Alien algae alarms aquatic experts | An invasive species of algae is threatening to disrupt the ecological balance in Michigan lakes and waterways. It's a... | |
| UT water seminar focuses on pollution in Great Lakes | Think of all the antibiotics and other forms of medication the 40 million U.S. and Canadian residents who live in the Great... | |
| Open house to detail plan to help wetlands, ponds battle bacteria | Residents can get the lowdown Thursday night on a project that could become northwest Ohio's most aggressive effort to... |
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