Sewage

On today’s show, Michigander Paul Whelan visits Washington after his release from Russian prison.Then, chef Franchesca Lamarre on bringing a taste of Haiti to Detroit. And, what voters across the state are thinking about as the November election approaches.

More flooding expected in Michigan as climate continues to warm, a new book centered in Detroit's former Chinatown, accessing resources for tribal businesses, and then Michigan voices from this past weekend's Middle East peace rallies.

An estimated 500,000 gallons of untreated wastewater have been discharged into the St. Joseph River.

Michigan is the only U.S. state without a statewide septic code. Hundreds of thousands of leaking septic systems foul Michigan's waters.

From January 2018 through May 2019, 6.7 billion gallons of diluted or partially treated sewage, called combined sewer overflows (CSOs) spilled into…

Each year in Michigan, billions of gallons of raw or partially treated sewage end up in the state's rivers and eventually in the Great Lakes. That…

Officials say about 2.5 million gallons (9.5 million liters) of partially treated sewage recently flowed from a lagoon at a mobile home park in…

A health advisory has been issued after more than 8,000 gallons (30,283 liters) of raw sewage spilled into northern Michigan wetlands that are connected…

When you flush, do you know where the wastewater goes? How about where that sewer line ultimately ends?It is out of sight, and often out of mind. Yet…

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is developing a new regulation to require public notices of combined sewer overflow discharges into the Great…