Beach closures prompt questioning of how lakes, sewers are maintained

by Fix MI State | Jul 19, 2018 | Michigan beaches, 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 | Michigan beaches, 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 | Michigan beaches, 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 | Michigan beaches, 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...

3 Michigan beaches closed after high bacteria levels found

by Fix MI State | Jun 20, 2018 | Michigan beaches, 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,...

Residents frustrated as state grapples with emerging groundwater contaminant

by Fix MI State | Jun 14, 2018 | Michigan beaches, 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...