Voters: Fixing state’s infrastructure is still the top problem facing Michigan

by Fix MI State | Jan 22, 2019 | Dams & Other, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Roads & Bridges, Stormwater & Wastewater

Michigan voters have once again ranked fixing infrastructure — roads, bridges, dams, drinking water systems and sewer systems — as the top problem facing the state, according to a 2018 survey conducted by EPIC-MRA for Fix MI State. The findings of the 2018 poll mirror...

Flooding, bacteria prompt mass beach closures throughout U.P., Michigan

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...

Beach closures prompt questioning of how lakes, sewers are maintained

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,...

Investing in Michigan’s Infrastructure – Building for Economic Growth

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...

Summer bummer: 24 beaches in Michigan closed or contaminated

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...

Michigan’s underground infrastructure is out of sight, but should be on our minds

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...