by Fix MI State | Jun 14, 2018 | Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
Last fall Anthony Spaniola discovered a white foam had washed up on the shore of his family’s cottage on Van Etten Lake in Oscoda. “It’s unusual and it’s kind of sticky, and it piles up and it’s a little bit sudsy looking,” says Spaniola. “It’s something that would...
by Fix MI State | Jun 8, 2018 | Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
St. Clair Shores Memorial Park Beach remains closed as the beach water is unsafe to swim in, according to the Macomb County Health Department website, which lists beach conditions and closures. The beach was shut down May 30 after high levels of e. coli were...
by Fix MI State | Jun 8, 2018 | Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
Lake St. Clair and the surrounding land are becoming cleaner and more boater and fisher friendly, but more can be done to address illicit drain and sewer issues, officials said Wednesday. At the seventh annual State of Lake St. Clair address, Macomb County Executive...
by Fix MI State | May 31, 2018 | Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
Lake St. Clair has worse E. coli bacterial contamination than Lake Erie. And goose poop — not humans — is the source of much of the E. coli readings being found along the Detroit River. Those are some of the early takeaways from a Canadian water quality study at the...
by Fix MI State | May 30, 2018 | Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
Jon Allan, director of the Michigan Office of the Great Lakes, grew up in northeastern Ohio and remembers when the river near his home ran blue or orange, depending on what kinds of industrial waste were being dumped in the water that day. Speaking as part of the...
by Fix MI State | May 30, 2018 | Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
One of the state’s most pressing issues will be discussed at eight area libraries through the month of November. Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner Jim Nash will be kicking off National Infrastructure Week, May 15 through 21, with two informational town hall...
