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Michigan cities rich and poor, big and small have been delaying maintenance on their water systems for decades. Now, even wealthy towns are suffering the consequences of past reluctance to pay for water system upkeep.
Rural Michigan’s shrinking populations, growing poverty, and diminished state and federal assistance have fueled a crisis of underfunded drinking water infrastructure.
As some rural towns lose population and government funds shrink, their drinking water systems are one failure away from crisis.
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) today announced that the City of Flint’s water system has entered its...
The amount of lead detected in the most recent round of water testing in Flint more than doubled from the first half of last year.