This week: Getting to Know Lake Erie–We Are Lake Erie Day, August 31 + New York Community Adopts Moratorium on Water Extraction + National Guard Requests 162,000 Acre Expansion in Michigan + Freshwater Voices Newsletter – Latest Issue Now Available Online + Share Your Input to Guide Freshwater Future’s Strategic Planning Process
Cleaning up Lake Erie again will require sizeable collective efforts and long-term commitments from the federal, provincial and state governments as well as many communities and stakeholders all around the lake.
This week: Muskegon Heights Water Assistance Victory! + Partnership: Freshwater Future + Flint Community Lab + More Funds Available for Fall Grants–Is Your Organization Eligible? + Updates on Hexavalent Chromium Spill in the Huron River
Update on the Toxic Spill of Hexavalent Chromium in the Huron River, Michigan
Recently, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) adopted new health advisories for four specific types of PFAS. The new health advisories are 17,500 times lower for PFOA and 3,500 times lower for PFOS than the U.S. EPA health advisories established in 2016.
This week: Near Zero Health Advisories for PFAS Chemicals Announced by U.S. EPA + Court Provides Criteria for Citizens to Have a Say in Zoning Decisions + Need Funds for Your Water Work? + More Direct Action Required to Reduce Phosphorus Pollution
Sign the Petition Supporting Muskegon Heights, MI Residents’ Access to Federal Water Assistance + New York’s Largest Landfill Seeks to Expand Instead of Close in 2025 – Water Groups Fight Back + Wixom Plant Spills Toxic Hexavalent Chromium into Huron River + Cleveland Plans $2 Million Project to Address Drinking Water Impacts from Algal Blooms
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