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Clean Water Action Congratulates Detroit Water Activists, Calls for Legislative Action to End Water Shut-offs
The following statement can be attributed to Mary Brady-Enerson, Michigan Director, Clean Water Action:
“Today, Mayor Mike Duggan announced a moratorium on water shut-offs for non-payment until the end of 2022. We applaud the decades of activism by so many, including Michigan Welfare Rights Organization, Peoples Water Board Coalition, We the People of Detroit, and other water warriors, who have been working for years to end the injustice of water shut-offs. Water is a human right. It is critical that everyone in Michigan has access to safe, clean, affordable water for drinking, cooking and
Three million gallons of sewage, a contaminated river, and Michigan’s water infrastructure woes
Last week, Saginaw Township’s wastewater retention and treatment basins overflowed. After just over two inches of rainfall stressed the outdated sewer infrastructure to its failing point, over three million gallons of partially treated sewage was released into the Tittabawassee River.
E. coli levels in the river were already astronomically high, over seven times the state standard of 300 organisms per 100 mL of water. The influx of three million gallons of sewage brought E. coli levels in the river up to nearly eight times the state standard. The Tittabawassee River meets the Saginaw River
Michigan Executive Branch Midterm Scorecard 2019-2020
his scorecard focuses on the major actions taken to protect our water and our democracy by Governor Whitmer, Attorney General Nessel, and Secretary Benson since assuming office.
Michigan Currents - Fall 2017
In this issue: Michigan’s Water Infrastructure — Investing in Our Future; Line 5 Update; Clean Water Members Clean Up Lake St. Clair Metropark; Michigan Septic Systems; Welcome Clean Water Action's New Michigan Director; Another Coal Plant Bites the Dust!