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AquaAction selects 10 water-tech companies to accelerate Michigan’s blue economy

DETROIT—AquaAction, the Canadian nonprofit with its United States headquarters in Detroit, announced 10 “water tech” companies have been selected for its new AquaEntrepreneur Michigan program. The program supports commercialization of promising …

Environmental Justice / Flint Water Crisis / Water Resources

LTU speaker: Flint water crisis sparks the rebirth of environmental justice movement 

SOUTHFIELD—Part of the legacy of the Flint water crisis is a resurgence of interest in environmental justice and the notion that packing polluters into poor and minority neighborhoods is another form of …

Green Infrastructure / Stormwater Management / Water Resources

LTU, Oakland County set annual Regional Stormwater Summit 

SOUTHFIELD—With so-called 100-year storms happening every few years or even more often, the need for effective management of stormwater has never been greater. So the annual Regional Stormwater Summit—held at …

Agricultural Industry / Food Industry / Water Resources

State offering grants for agriculture industry wastewater infrastructure

LANSING–The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is seeking applications for a new Wastewater Infrastructure Fund Grant. As a reimbursement grant, this program will be assisting the food and …

Public Health / Water Resources

NSF launches water quality testing protocol

ANN ARBOR==NSF, the public health and safety organization, announces the launch of a new protocol, NSF P524: Water Quality Test Devices for Drinking Water. This is the first-ever protocol that …

Green Infrastructure / Water Resources

$1.3M Oakland County stormwater improvement project set in Pontiac

WATERFORD TWP.–Officials in the Oakland County Water Commissioner’s office announced that Commissioner Jim Nash has started a new stormwater improvement project in Pontiac named Norton Street Innovation. This project will …

Natural Resources / Stormwater Management / Water Resources

Stormwater Summit at LTU to talk latest science on water management

SOUTHFIELD—Michiganders have learned through bitter experience that stormwater runoff can cause catastrophic flooding and huge expense. And thanks to climate change, intense rainstorms are getting more and more frequent. Government …

Economic Development / Industry 4.0 / Manufacturing / Water Resources

State aid OK’d for Industry 4.0, ‘build ready’ sites, manufacturing expansion, Flint settlement

LANSING—Regional grants for Industry 4.0 readiness, a business expansion and more got approval from the Michigan Strategic Fund board this week. The MSF OK’d nearly $2 million in grants for …

Climate Science / University Research / Water Resources

New crowdsourced project to digitize Michigan lake and fish records, looking for climate trends

ANN ARBOR—University of Michigan researchers will enlist the help of citizen scientists in a new project to digitize thousands of historical records—some dating back more than a century—about Michigan inland …

Economy / Water Resources

Study: 1.3M jobs, $82B in wages tied directly to Great Lakes

ANN ARBOR—The Great Lakes support more than 1.3 million jobs that generate $82 billion in wages annually, according to a new analysis of 2018 economic data by Michigan Sea Grant. …

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