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Posts in Pollution

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Rebecca Esselman 11/05/2020 Pollution HRWC Supports Proposed Cleanup of 1,4 dioxane in Gelman Case/Lawsuit

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

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Rebecca Esselman 09/01/2020 Pollution Public Release of Proposed Consent Judgement for 1,4-dioxane Groundwater Contamination

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

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Daniel Brown 07/29/2020 PFAS Michigan Sets Drinking Water Standards for Seven PFAS Chemicals

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

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Anita Daley 08/17/2019 Pollution Microplastics and You

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

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Daniel Brown 01/30/2019 PFAS Quacker Tracker 2018

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

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Daniel Brown 11/19/2018 PFAS PFAS in Fish, Game, and Homegrown Foods

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

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Rebecca Esselman 11/17/2017 Coal Tar News to Us

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

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Stevi Kosloskey 10/26/2017 Animals HRWC gets help from the dogs!

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

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Elizabeth Riggs 07/31/2017 Climate change On the chopping block: clean water

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

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Stevi Kosloskey 07/18/2017 Monitoring 2017 Water Quality Monitoring Season Marks Halfway Point

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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Elizabeth Riggs 03/31/2017 Education Trip Report: D.C. Fly In For Clean Water

The Huron River Watershed Council joined a delegation of river protection leaders from around the country to Washington, D.C. last…

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Rebecca Esselman 01/23/2017 Coal Tar News to US

News to Us this month provides an update on the dioxane contamination case. Also, two new projects bring money to…

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