THIS WEEK: You Are Invited: All About Water Symposium, Securing Federal Infrastructure Dollars + Personal and Organizational Wellness Online Series 2022 + Ontario government plans to build new highways through provincial Greenbelt + You May Be Eligible for Financial Assistance for Your Water Bill You Are Invited: All About Water Symposium, Securing Federal Infrastructure Dollars Freshwater […]
Read MoreThis year, we were fortunate to connect with Sanchez Rolle through the Yale Environmental Fellows Program. Sanchez worked on projects with Freshwater Future to ensure educational information about lead in drinking water would get to families in the region. Sanchez put it this way, “Freshwater Future has been a driving force impacting policies to protect […]
Read MoreAndrea Dube, Freshwater Future’s Canada Program Director discusses warm water tempertaures impacting the Great Lakes ecosystem during an interview with Radio Canada. Access the full story (in French) here. ICI Nord de l’Ontario, Radio-Canada October 25, 2021 – Ezra Belotte-Cousineau (translated into English through Google translation) The Great Lakes Underwater Heat Wave The temperature of […]
Read MoreSeptember 8, 2021, Benton Harbor, MI – Today Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced $20 million over the next five years to remove and replace lead service lines in Benton Harbor. Over the past 3 years, Benton Harbor residents have been subjected to high lead levels, with the latest samples being as high as 24 parts per […]
Read MoreThis spring, Freshwater Future has awarded five groups with Project Grants to provide financial assistance for projects that promote water protection. These grants range from $500 to $5,000 and were awarded to community groups working to promote river, lake, shoreline, wetland, groundwater, and drinking water protection within the Great Lakes Basin. Listed are our five […]
Read MoreJeff Whitelow has been known for his profound ability to walk in the shoes of those in the most vulnerable communities and help bring vital information to those who need it most, in language they best understand. Taking a vow of poverty to personally assess the life of those most vulnerable in Chicago, enabled him […]
Read MoreDr. Robert Letscher serves as Board Secretary and has been a Freshwater Future Board Member since January 2019. Rob lives in Durham along the New Hampshire seacoast where he is a professional Earth scientist and assistant professor of chemical oceanography at the University of New Hampshire. His research interests include illuminating the ways in which […]
Read MoreIt takes energy, commitment, and stamina to be a leader of community based and grassroots organizations and this is additionally challenging during COVID-19. For over 25 years, Freshwater Future, through our consulting services, has helped leaders to run their organizations. This year we are conducting a special program to help our partners with self-care and […]
Read MoreIs Lead in Your Drinking Water? When you turn on the faucet to get a drink of water, the last thing you want to worry about is whether the water is safe to drink. Because lead and other toxic chemicals like PFAS can’t be detected by appearance or taste, testing water is the only way […]
Read MorePer- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS) can be found just about everywhere these days. Some of the first products that used PFAS were non-stick cookware. PFAS can now be found in such items as clothes and shoes, carpets, couches, food wrappers, fire fighting foam and so much more. It also is found in our air, soil, […]
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