by Fix MI State | Sep 17, 2016 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Stormwater & Wastewater
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality is awarding $158 million in low-interest loans to 15 projects for improvements to water system infrastructure around the state. The loans are part of the state’s 30-year Water Strategy for the protection and use...
by Fix MI State | Sep 16, 2016 | Stormwater & Wastewater
In many cities throughout the country, aging septic and sewage tanks can leak human waste and other unhealthy chemicals into streams and lakes. This year alone, there have been 25 public beaches on Lake Michigan forced to close due to high bacteria levels, per WMUK....
by Fix MI State | Sep 10, 2016 | Roads & Bridges
Some local government leaders are pushing back at claims that they will receive significantly more road money in 2017 because of the road funding deal that calls for higher fuel taxes and registration fees effective Jan. 1. John LaMacchia, assistant director of state...
by Fix MI State | Sep 9, 2016 | Stormwater & Wastewater
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is developing a new regulation to require public notices of combined sewer overflow discharges into the Great Lakes. Michigan Congresswoman Candice Miller is in favor of such a regulation, but she says it won’t be enough....
