Tag: groundwater
After oil spill in Pigeon River Country, cleanup efforts continue
Workers first discovered the spill last week. Remediation work is ongoing.
Legacy of Luckey: Blade testing finds high levels of radioactivity in groundwater in Cold War town
LUCKEY, Ohio — For decades, people living in the shadow of a massive Cold War weapons plant on the edge of town have wondered if there might be something harmful in the groundwater.
My Lakes Are Better Than Your Lakes
Minnesota and Wisconsin are bitter rivals at just about everything. So in 2019, when Wisconsin’s secretary of tourism claimed Wisconsin had more lakes than Minnesota, the embers of an age-old debate were stoked. Minnesota is known as the “Land of 10,000 Lakes”, but does Wisconsin really have more?
EPA nixes PFAS grants, teases new strategy
Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in the Great Lakes region. Check back for more PFAS news roundups every other week on our website.
On April 15, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) staff were told to cancel tens of millions of dollars worth of pending and active grants.
Who can drink Great Lakes water? Joliet, Illinois, raises a familiar — and contentious — question
This year, Chicago breaks ground on a pipeline that will bring water from the Great Lakes to some suburbs whose groundwater is running dry. Read the full story by WBUR […]