Michigan has hundreds of thousands of lead water lines. The term-limited governor is proposing new fees to fix them.
Jim Malewitz
Jim Malewitz is the former environmental reporter for Bridge.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Even after Flint, lead-free water lines may be a pipe dream in Michigan
Gov. Rick Snyder is pushing for the nation’s strictest rules for limiting lead in water supplies. But doing so is expensive, and fellow Republicans are skeptical.
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Reforms going nowhere to require Michigan schools to test water for lead
After Flint, lawmakers set aside millions to test water used by children. But the money is unspent, and bills to require testing have gone nowhere.
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Read Gov. Rick Snyder’s proposal to remove lead water pipes in Michigan
Flint awakened residents to the danger of lead mains. Explore the term-limited governor’s proposal to fix the problem.
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Here’s where Michigan 2018 governor candidates stand on lead pipes
Bridge Magazine asked eight candidates — four Republicans and four Democrats — about what their visions for clean drinking water following the Flint crisis.
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Gov. Rick Snyder pitches plan to clean up Michigan’s polluted sites
Michigan has thousands of polluted sites, and funding to clean them up is nearly gone. Its outgoing governor wants to raise the money by boosting trash disposal fees.
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Michigan's Great Lakes are good, but water concerns include lead and Line 5
Michigan’s lakes and rivers face a wave of challenges. At the same time, the state continues to grapple with new threats to drinking water in communities besides Flint.
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Michigan battling 22 invasive forest species, high electric bills
Debates about Michigan land resources — and how best to use them — are as old as Michigan itself.
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Michigan has 7,300 toxic sites. Money for cleanups is almost gone.
Funding shortage threatens to halt toxic cleanups in Michigan, including a 6-mile long plume of pollution that’s tainted 13 trillions of groundwater beneath Antrim County. (with map)
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Map: Find PFAS chemical threats to Michigan drinking water near your town
A group of industrial chemicals increasingly is found in Michigan’s environment. See where regulators have flagged them so far.