This Week: Registration Deadline Extended Until June 10th for All About Water Virtual Event; Benton Harbor Community Marches For Clean Water; Meet One of Our Spring Project Grantees: Environment North; Freshwater Future Receives Funding for the Great Lakes Network from the Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation; Pivotal Hearing Day for Fond Du Lac Band’s Efforts to Protect Lake Superior
This event intended to put the water crisis in plain view. Concerned residents, allies, and environmental justice leaders met at Harbor Harvest Urban Ministries to hear from speakers.
The Low Income Household Water Assistance Program, or LIHWAP is a new federal program that provides funding and prioritizes reconnecting households’ water and assisting those with imminent shutoffs.
In late spring and summer 2022, Lead service lines are being replaced in Detroit neighborhoods according to the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department. If construction crews are replacing pipes at or near your residence, we recommend taking the precautionary steps to FLUSH, FILTER, and use COLD water for drinking, cooking, and baby formula. Check out Freshwater Future’s lead toolkit for tips on how to reduce your exposure.
Upgrading drinking water systems and removing lead pipes are costly expenditures for cities and municipalities. Over the next five-years additional funding will be available through the State Revolving Fund program, and a significant percentage is targeted for disadvantaged communities.
Freshwater Future is appalled by the attack on Patrick Lyoya and we send our condolences to his family and the…
EPA Releases New Memo Outlining Strategy to Equitably Deliver Clean Water Through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
THIS WEEK: Communications Grants Filling the Gap + All About Water Convening + Ontario’s Water Infrastructure, Much Like in the U.S., Needs Support + Your Voice on Michigan’s Healthy Climate Plan + Save the Date-Freshwater Heroes Celebration, March 22, 2022
THIS WEEK: Administration Cancels Mine Leases for Minnesota Boundary Waters; Success: 1 Billion for Great Lakes Restoration; Southern Ontario Wetlands Provide Over $4 Billion in Natural Filtration Annually; Rivers Found to Be Major Source of PFAS Pollution to the Great Lakes
THIS WEEK: Next Week: Join Us for the All About Water Symposium on Feb 17th; Join the Q&A Projects Grants Webinar on Feb 22nd; Have Your Voice Heard on Michigan’s Draft Healthy Climate Plan; First Nations $8-Billion Class-Action Settlement; Ontario Government Plans to Build New Highways Through Provincial Greenbelt
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