The Great Lakes region is blessed with an abundance of water. But water quality, affordability, and aging water infrastructure are vulnerabilities that have been ignored for far too long. In this series, members of the Great Lakes News Collaborative, Michigan Radio, Bridge Michigan, Great Lakes Now, and Circle of Blue, explore what it might take to preserve and protect this precious resource.
This independent journalism is supported by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.
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Algal blooms are hiking the cost of water for people already struggling to pay their bills.
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The US Water Alliance has announced that the Great Lakes News Collaborative is a winner of its annual US Water Prize.
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Michigan and Ohio are among the worst places in America that spread liquid manure — and that's having an impact on Lake Erie.
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A tire chemical that's poisoning fish out West has been discovered in two Lake Ontario tributaries.
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"Viticulture has not changed much, but vineyard management practices and cultivar choices continue to be refined through the use of developing technology, climate patterns, and knowledge."
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Michigan Radio has received a $50,000 grant from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation to expand the station’s coverage of the Great Lakes and drinking water issues.
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One evening in the late 1800s, a lighthouse keeper named John Herman was drinking, as he usually did, when he decided to play a prank on his assistant.…
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On a calm morning in late summer 2019, Jim Bailey was kayaking on Lake Superior near Thunder Bay, Ontario, when he found himself paddling through thick…
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When you visit one of the Great Lakes, whether it’s a sandy beach or a rocky coastline, it’s hard to imagine how something so big could be affected so profoundly by alien invasive species, or pollution, or climate change.
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Brian Owens is with Great Lakes Now.Natural populations of oil-degrading bacteria could help to clean up freshwater rivers and lakes after spills from…