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Michigan Communities Are Upgrading Water Infrastructure, Protecting Health and the Environment

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) issued SRF funding to 71 projects across the state in fiscal year 2023 for water system upgrades. These projects reduce the risk of contaminants entering drinking water, surface water and ground water resources across the state and reduce pressure on local governments to raise water […]

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EGLE Announces $45 Million in MI Clean Water Grants to Help Michigan Communities Upgrade Water Infrastructure, Protect Health and the Environment

Wastewater system upgrades in Upper Peninsula communities, lead service line replacements in Melvindale and improvements to Mt. Pleasant’s wastewater plant are among $45 million in Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) grants recently awarded to Michigan communities. The MI Clean Water Plan grants, through EGLE’s Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF), Clean Water State […]

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Multiple Departments Contain 80 Acre Forest Fire Near US-131

NORTHERN MICHIGAN (WPBN/WGTU) — Michigan State Police confirm an 80 acre forest fire has been contained. The fire spread near US-131 off County Line Road. Multiple fire departments from Grand Traverse, Wexford and Roscommon counties worked to contain the fire. According to the Fife Lake Springfield Fire Department, DNR planes took water from nearby Fife […]

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Michigan Beef Found to Contain Dangerous Levels of ‘Forever Chemicals’

Cattle from a small south-east Michigan farm that sold beef to schools and at farmers’ markets in the state have been found to contain dangerous levels of PFAS, so-called “forever chemicals” that can pose a serious risk to human health. The news comes after consumer groups in 2019 warned that using PFAS-laden sewage sludge as fertilizer would contaminate dairy, […]

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