Water

Water quality data for various Michigan streams and lakes is used to make policy and management plans, but a lot of that data actually come from regular people. A state-led program is now looking for more volunteers to help monitor water bodies near them.

Effort part of state mandate of being lead-free by 2040.

Michigan prides itself on being shark- and salt-free – but it’s not really salt-free. An estimated 450,000 tons of road salt makes it into Michigan lakes, streams, wetlands, and drinking water aquifers.

Fifty years ago today, the US revised and created one of its most important environmental laws. The Clean Water Act reduces the release of pollutants into water and regulates surface water quality.

Mount Pleasant residents were advised to boil their water on September 1, 2022, after operator error led to a violation of state drinking water standards.

Cascade Township could get a little over seven million dollars from a federal water bill approved by the U-S House last week.

Lake communities are starting to see disturbing changes that might be connected to failing septic systems.

Michigan cities are getting help to navigate the state and federal red tape for loans and grants for drinking water systems.

The Michigan legislature might soon look at a package of bills that would change how the state protects groundwater, but it finds the goal of the bills and the legal tool the sponsors want to use might be at odds.

The state is urging residents of a southwestern Michigan city to use bottled water for cooking and drinking.