by Fix MI State | Jul 30, 2018 | Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
An unusually high number of beach closures and water contamination advisories is hitting Michigan at the height of this tourism season — most of them in an idyllic slice of the Upper Peninsula that was devastated by historic flooding. Health officials had closed...
by Fix MI State | Jul 19, 2018 | Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
Amid a blistering summer swelter, there has been something affecting Michiganders statewide: the number of park and beach closures as a result of abnormal levels of toxicity. Bacteria is so prevalent that the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, or MDEQ,...
by Fix MI State | Jul 16, 2018 | Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
Water is central to Michigan’s identity. It is home to 104,252 square miles of water, the most in the contiguous United States. It has 11,000 inland lakes and 3,400miles of shoreline (Austin, Good, and Kolluri 2017). Water is vital to Michigan’s economy, and is used...
by Fix MI State | Jul 2, 2018 | Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
Two dozen beaches across the state are closed or have contamination advisories because of elevated bacteria levels ahead of a scorching hot weekend forecast for metro Detroit. The beaches listed on the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Beach Guard...
by Fix MI State | Jun 27, 2018 | Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
For Melissa Mays, the Flint Water crisis is far from over. The 39-year-old mother of three founded Water You Fighting For in 2015 in an attempt to improve Flint’s water quality for her family and neighbors, who could barely shower in the discolored, smelly...
by Fix MI State | Jun 20, 2018 | Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
Three Michigan beaches have been closed, and three more are on contamination advisories, after high bacteria levels were found in the water. Veterans Memorial Park beach in St. Clair Shores and Walled Lake’s Lakeshore Park beach are closed until further notice,...
