by Fix MI State | Nov 17, 2017 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Stormwater & Wastewater
LANSING, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU) — Macomb County lawmakers are concerned about contaminants in Lake St. Clair. Some lawmakers say the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality dropped the ball. Right now many Macomb County families won’t drink the water coming from...
by Fix MI State | Nov 15, 2017 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
It’s a muddy, torn-up mess now. But lovers of the picturesque eastern side of Belle Isle will eventually see a rehabilitated Lake Okonoka featuring improved fishing habitat and recreational opportunities — and an open channel leading to the Detroit River,...
by Fix MI State | Nov 3, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater, Dams & Other, Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Roads & Bridges
In multiple stories over the past year, Bridge Magazine has focused on shameful and alarming examples of Michigan’s aging, failing and overwhelmed infrastructure. Sadly, as one Bridge headline so accurately noted, our Legislature’s answer has been “ignore everything.”...
by Fix MI State | Oct 30, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater, Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
FLINT, MI — Seventy-one water systems in Michigan now have higher lead levels than the city of Flint, results of the most recent federally-required testing shows. Water sampling in Flint from January through June showed the city’s 90th percentile for lead...
by Fix MI State | Oct 26, 2017 | Dams & Other, Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Roads & Bridges, Stormwater & Wastewater
The U.S. economy is the largest in the world, topping a GDP of $18.6 trillion in 2016. An economic powerhouse as massive and diversified as the United States depends on a network of highways, bridges, airports, and dams to thrive. And while the economy has grown every...
by Fix MI State | Oct 26, 2017 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
When a massive water main broke this week in Oakland County and made tap water unsafe to drink for 305,000 residents, a top utility official called the mishap “unprecedented.” Experts fear it could be something else: a byproduct of aging infrastructure in Michigan...
