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National Great Lakes water quality

Wind storms cause leaves to pile up on streets and in storm water catch basins

  • storm water systems
  • October 27, 2010
Wind stormsover the past few days accelerated the fall leaf drop from many area trees this year, resulting in the pile up of leaves on streets and...
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No easy fix for the Nation's aging pipeline infrastructure

  • News
  • September 24, 2010
The haunting pictures of thick crude oil slithering into Talmadge Creek, a tributary that feeds into the Kalamazoo River near Marshall, Michigan in...
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GVSU's Robert B. Annis Water Resources Institute receives nearly $1.4 million in GLRI funding

  • News
  • September 10, 2010
The Environmental Protection Agency made the long-awaited announcement offunding recipientsforthe Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) earlier...
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New Healthy Lakes Study lauds Grand Rapids as poster child for reducing CSO's

Results of astudy on the aging wastewater infrastructurein cities around the Great Lakestitled Turning the Tide: Investing in Wastewater...
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West Michigan collaborators get set to roll out regional pharmaceutical take-back program

It's fairly commonfor newly formed partnership organizationsto spend much of their first few planning sessions focused ondeveloping a...
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Controlled substance lock boxes could soon be showing up at a police station near you

Thanks to the success ofWyMed, a medication take-back pilot programinitiated by the City of Wyoming, MI, controlled substance lockboxes like the...
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$10 million GLIC project to study Great Lakes coastal wetlands under the GLRI awaits final approval

Among the 270 finalistsselected by theU.S. Environmental Protection Agencyfor the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative,is aproposaltitled,Great Lakes...
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$1 million dollars in Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding earmarked for West Michigan

Grand Valley State University's Robert B. Annis Water Resources Institute received notification fromthe U.S. Environmental Protection...
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MSU scientists pioneer new method to study Michigan's lakes, streams and wetlands

A team of Michigan State University scientists has pioneered a new method to study and manage Michigan's lakes, steams and wetlands. "We...
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Is offshore drilling in the future for the Great Lakes?

Walking along the deserted Lake Michigan beachnear Grand Haven just after daybreak the other day, I was mesmerized watchingthe ebb and flow of the...
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