Pollution Archives - Huron River Watershed Council

It is with great relief that most of the hexavalent chromium solution that Tribar Technologies released into Wixom’s Wastewater Treatment…

Yesterday we learned that the Huron River has been impacted by a major contamination event. Several thousand gallons of hexavalent…

Acceptance of Consent Judgment conditioned on continuing involvement in oversight In 2017, the Huron River Watershed Council joined the court…

In 2017, the Huron River Watershed Council joined the case between Gelman Sciences and the State of Michigan to renegotiate…

Michigan is set to enact new PFAS drinking water standards (known as Maximum Contaminant Levels or MCLs) after rules setting…

HRWC is Getting the word out about microplastics in the Huron River and Great Lakes Check out our new videos…

In this post, we’ll provide a brief summary of the legislation we were most closely following during the 2018 lame…

PFAS can accumulate in the game species we harvest, the fish we catch, and the fruits and vegetables we grow….

This edition of News to Us provides news coverage on several major threats to freshwater including plastics, pharmaceuticals, invasive species,…

Investigating Honey Creek HRWC, with funding from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, is working to identify and control or…

*** UPDATE: On August 16, 2017, the EPA and the Army extended the comment period by 30 days for the…

In March, HRWC’s Water Quality Monitoring Program began the season with a volunteer orientation where we introduced what we do…

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