by Fix MI State | May 11, 2020 | Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Stormwater & Wastewater
Wash your hands, save lives — it’s a central message during the COVID-19 crisis. But what if you don’t have basic running water, as we assume everyone does? Incredibly, too many Americans don’t. In Michigan, the pandemic has shed light on...
by Fix MI State | Apr 7, 2020 | Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
Work to replace and reroute over 3,600 feet of underground storm sewer lines through the old Buick City site on Flint’s north side has been paused indefinitely. The work began the first week of March. It was paused on March 24, RACER Trust announced in a Wednesday,...
by Fix MI State | Mar 26, 2020 | Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
The rising Great Lakes are scouring, flooding and undermining roads and bridges around the state, and nowhere is the economic uncertainty more visible than in these shoreline towns. At least $25 million will be needed to keep the causeway connecting the fraternal...
by Fix MI State | Jan 21, 2020 | Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
“Water is not a solid wall, it will not stop you. But water always goes where it wants to go, and nothing in the end can stand against it.” —Margaret Atwood, “The Penelopiad” Michigan’s lakes, rivers and streams represent some of our...
by Fix MI State | Jan 17, 2020 | Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
According to city officials, water is still safe for consumption despite several recent water main breaks. In a citywide alert, officials announced Jan. 16 that three water main breaks had occured in the area of Eight Mile and Lahser roads. Larry Sirls, the manager of...
by Fix MI State | Oct 28, 2019 | Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
Ignorance isn’t bliss. Sometimes it takes an immense disaster to trigger necessary change. In the case of drinking water safety in Michigan, the Flint water crisis is that catalyst. It has been five years since news broke that thousands of Flint residents were...
