
Lake Erie’s Failed Algae Strategy Hurts Poor Communities the Most
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Algae blooms are hiking the cost of water for people already struggling to pay their bills.

In A Year of Water Quality Reckoning, National Imperative is Impeded
Law and policy treat farms as special class of polluter.

Danger Looms Where Toxic Algae Blooms
Billions spent on strategies to limit nutrient pollution that don’t work.

Two Generations and $70 Million Later, Muskegon Lake Is Restored
Cleared of pollution and debris, Muskegon again sees lake as…




Five Fixes for Michigan’s Drinking Water Woes
The Great Lakes News Collaborative asked state and national experts how Michigan could break the cycle of underfunding and poor decision-making that has left water systems across Michigan in sorry shape.

Michigan’s ‘Very Big Opportunity’ in Infrastructure Windfall
More communities gain access to the largest federal infusion in a half-century.

Some Michigan Water Systems Are Overbuilt, Underfunded. Are Mergers The Answer?
Customers get cheaper, cleaner water when communities share the cost of infrastructure.


Short-Changing Michigan Local Governments Has Resulted in Deteriorating Water Systems and Other Services
Many of Michigan’s 1,773 cities, villages, and townships are reaching a water infrastructure crisis point.