This week: No Funds in Budget to Stop Asian Carp + Ohio EPA agrees to Pollution Limits for Western Lake Erie + Benton Harbor Community Water Council Partners with the City to Solve Lead Issue + Ice Cover on Great Lakes Low + States Seek Limits on Water Bottling Industry
Ohio EPA Agrees to Pollution Limits for Western Lake Erie
After more than 5 years since Toledo’s 2014 algae-driven water crisis left residents unable to use their water for days, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is moving forward with pollution limits called Total Max Daily Load (TDML) aimed at reducing toxic algal blooms. The pollution limits serve as a pollution diet and are designed to track the specific sources of runoff and hold polluters accountable. Agriculture is the primary source of nutrient pollution, primarily phosphorus that feeds the harmful algal blooms in Western Lake Erie.
Benton Harbor Community Water Council Partners with The City to Solve Lead Issue
The Benton Harbor Community Water Council recently met with local and state representatives to discuss creative solutions to increase the quality of service to community members facing lead contamination problems. Freshwater Future staff members were on-hand to support and assist with efforts to address drinking water issues.
PFAS Test Kits – GIFT a KIT! Freshwater Future believes everyone has a right to know what is in their drinking water, regardless of what’s in their wallets. We have partnered with the University of Michigan Biological Station and other donors to offer PFAS testing for homes on private wells at reduced rates. You can help make our kits even more accessible by selecting Gift a Kit at check out. We’ll use your donation to send a kit to someone else as part of our “Pay What You Can Program”. Get (or gift) your test kits today!
