Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grants totaling more than $2 million will help 13 U.S. cities build green infrastructure projects aimed at improving...
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News Briefs: Great Lakes States Approve City’s Water Request
The Great Lakes Compact Council, representing governors of eight states, voted unanimously June 21 to approve a request by the City of...
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News Briefs: Toxic Sediment Threatens Cleveland’s Drinking Water
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports a large mass of toxic sediment lying on the floor of Lake Erie about 9 miles offshore...
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$80 Billion Needed For Great Lakes Wastewater Infrastructure
According to a new Environmental Protection Agency report, more than $80 billion will be needed over the next 20 years to prevent...
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News Briefs: Ribbon-Cutting Marks Sewer Milestone
After nine years of construction and a price tag of nearly $140 million, the City of Red Deer, Alberta, Canada celebrated the...
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EPA Establishes Flint Safe Drinking Water Task Force
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has established the Flint Safe Drinking Water Task Force to assist with developing and implementing a plan...
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Zebra Mussels On the Move: What Are Water Utilities Doing to Stop Them?
The Fargo, North Dakota, water utility had an unwelcome visitor recently.A zebra mussel showed up in the intake structure that draws raw...
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Better Than Bottled? City Shows Off Water With Traveling Tap
Cool tap water is making a splash across southeastern Wisconsin this summer. Since making its debut during the Fourth of July weekend,...
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Detroit Utility Lease Approved
As part of its bankruptcy recovery plan, the City of Detroit will lease out its water and sewer systems to the Great...
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Recommendations for Water Utilities Battling Algal Blooms
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued health advisory values that states and utilities can use to protect Americans from elevated levels...
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What the Heck is Frazil Ice?
First it forms. Then it multiplies. Then it attaches to underwater structures like water system intakes.It’s frazil ice, and it’s led to...
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EPA Awards Additional Funding to Target Algal Blooms
The U.S Environmental Protection Agency recently announced the additional award of Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funds totaling over $3.1 million to target...
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Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Targets Algal Blooms
On Sept. 3, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy announced that the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) will provide almost $12...
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EPA To Grant $27.5 Million for 2014 Great Lakes Restoration Projects
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a request for applications, soliciting proposals from states, municipalities, tribes, universities and nonprofit organizations for...

















