This Week: House Votes To Reject The New Clean Water Act Rule Protecting Waterways ~ Now’s The Time: Spring Project Grant Applications Due March 31st ~ Race Is Sold Out – But You Can Still Support Freshwater Future At The Big House 5k Race ~ Tribal Members Dispute Report Findings Citing Company’s History Of Environmental Spills ~ Valuing Clean Water Connects Us, But Disinformation Is Trying To Force Divides
This Week: Ohio Train Derailment Response Lacking To Protect Public Health; Thank You For Speaking Out On Proposed Michigan Camp Grayling Expansion; Freshwater Future Heroes Award Ceremony – Join Us For The Online Celebration; Update – Great Lakes Ice Coverage At Historic Lows
This Week: Freshwater Future Executive Director Jill Ryan to Speak About Freshwater Issues; Not Too Late to Register for the Big House 5K Race; Save the Date – Celebrating Freshwater Heroes on March 21st, 2023; Long-Term Solutions for Water Affordability in Michigan Still Lacking Freshwater Future Executive Director Jill Ryan to […]
This Week: Give the Gift of Clean Water; New York Governor Vetoes Utility Transparency Bill; Is Your Community’s Water System in Need of Upgrades? Don’t Miss Out on Federal Funds Give the Gift of Clean Water! You can ensure a brighter future and help make lasting change for water across the […]
This Week: Study Finds Affordable Water for All Michiganders Is Possible; Give the Gift of Water; Still Time to Weigh in on Bill 23 – More Homes Built Faster Passed in Ontario Legislature; Freshwater Future Presents Flood Focus App at National Climate Adaptation Forum New Study Finds That Affordable Water […]
This Week: All About Water Fall Convening Reconfigured; Lead in Duluth; Strategic Plan Survey Drawing; NAF Conference; Interested in Climate Impacts on Water Quality? Sign-up for a Short Course | Nov. 1 – Dec. 6 All About Water Fall Convening Reconfigured Our Fall 2022 All About Water Convening will occur through […]
This Week: Share Your Opinion and Be Entered to Win Gift Cards; Sign up For Our 2022 Fall Convening: SRF Infrastructure Funding Challenges & Opportunities; Clean Water Act Endangered by the U.S. Supreme Court Case-Sackett v. EPA; Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement 50th Anniversary and Public Forum; Drilling Planned for […]
This week: Freshwater Future Fall Project Grants Deadline; Share Your Opinion and Be Entered in Our Drawing; Michigan Accepting Grant Applications to Address High Water Infrastructure; The Impacts of Water System Regionalization; Making the Motor City a Solar City Event, Saturday, October 1, 2022 Freshwater Future Fall Project Grants Deadline […]
This Week: Freshwater Future Fall Project Grants Deadline Approaching Fast!; Need New Technology? Share Your Opinion and be Entered to Win Gift Cards; Freshwater Future Participated in One Water Summit; Hurricane Fiona Leaves Many Without Electricity or Water Freshwater Future Fall Project Grants Deadline Approaching Fast! Looking for funds to […]
Lake Erie Celebrated As Part of #WeAreLakeErieDay #WeAreLakeErieDay was trending on social media this week from people sharing their memories and appreciation for Lake Erie. While there is much to celebrate about Lake Erie, the lake also needs our help as it is plagued by harmful algal blooms. These blooms […]
Lake Erie, the smallest and most biologically diverse Great Lake, has been supporting the physical, economical and spiritual health of people for thousands of years. The name Lake Erie was derived from the Iroquoian word erielhonan, meaning “long tail.”. In Anishinaabemowin the lake is called Waabishkiigoo-Gichigami (Neautral’s Sea) or Aanikegamaa-Gichigami (Chain of Lakes Sea). We are […]
This Week: Is Your Water Utility Participating In LIHWAP?; Update On Detroit’s Lifeline And Water Affordability Plan; Voice Builder Grant Highlight: Kettle Lakes Association; Recording On Accessing State Revolving Funds For Communities Available; July Is Lake Appreciation Month! Is Your Water Utility Participating in LIHWAP? For the first time, Congress […]
This Week: Registration Deadline Extended Until June 10th for All About Water Virtual Event; Benton Harbor Community Marches For Clean Water; Meet One of Our Spring Project Grantees: Environment North; Freshwater Future Receives Funding for the Great Lakes Network from the Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation; Pivotal […]
THIS WEEK: Assistance is Now Available for Past Due Water Bills – Please Share! + Thank you to Cassie Chen for her work for Freshwater Future Canada + Less Severe Harmful Algal Blooms Projected for Lake Erie + The Justice Department to Focus on Environmental Justice with New Office Assistance is Now […]
THIS WEEK: Detroit Replacing Lead Water Lines in Several Neighborhoods; The Power of Community Action in An Asphalt Plant Permit Denial; Indigenous Women Voice Concerns Over Proposed Pipeline Expansion Running Through Wisconsin; Chicagwa: Chicago’s Drinking Water Distraction Detroit Replacing Lead Water Lines in Several Neighborhoods In late spring and summer 2022, lead service lines […]
THIS WEEK: Public Comments Requested on Michigan’s Draft Healthy Climate Plan; Learn More about Freshwater Future Grant Opportunities on February 22; Check Out the Popular Science Article With Thoughts from Jill Ryan; Registration Deadline Extended: Ensuring Your Community Benefits from Recent Federal Investments Public Comments Requested on Michigan’s Draft Healthy Climate Plan […]
Andrea Dube, Freshwater Future’s Canada Program Director discusses warm water tempertaures impacting the Great Lakes ecosystem during an interview with Radio-Canada. Access the full story (in French) here. The Great Lakes Underwater Heat Wave The temperature of the water in the Great Lakes has not been so warm in October […]
THIS WEEK: Learn About Federal Funding for Infrastructure: October 20 and November 17 + Benton Harbor, MI Draws National Media Attention for Lead Contamination + John Oliver Show Features Impacts of PFAS + Detroit Residents Please Consider Completing This Survey! Learn About Federal Funding for Infrastructure: October 20 and November 17 […]
THIS WEEK: Final Push to Support Freshwater Future + Millions of People in The U.S. Without Water + Industrial Spill Shuts Down Indiana Dunes Beach + Lake Erie Lawsuit Expects to Be the Largest Court Approved Total Maximum Daily Load In America + Canada’s First National Day for Truth and Reconciliation […]
I am so pleased to be working for Freshwater Future again and to continue the incredible work that has been achieved in Canada and the US. Access to safe, clean drinking water has and continues to be a struggle for too many people. Freshwater Future strives to ensure that the […]