water pollution

When a septic system eventually fails, things can get nasty in a hurry. It can mean backups into the home and runoff into streams or lakes which can put public health at risk. The state doesn't regulate septic systems, but new legislation could see the state offer some financial assistance.

When you visit one of the Great Lakes, whether it’s a sandy beach or a rocky coastline, it’s hard to imagine how something so big could be affected so profoundly by alien invasive species, or pollution, or climate change.

Researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) are forecasting the…

It’s freezing outside and Larry Scheer is in neoprene chest waders kicking up sediment in Boyden Creek near Ann Arbor, Michigan.He’s using a fine mesh net…

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has filed suit against a dairy farming operation she says has repeatedly “thumbed its nose” at environmental…

Farms housing thousands of animals are one of several sources contaminating the Pine River and dividing a mid-Michigan community.Murray Borrello, wearing…

New legislation in the Michigan Senate would increase the timeframe during which legal action could be taken against polluters in Michigan.Under current…

The two dams that broke near Midland caused a massive flood that swept away bridges, roads, and damaged a lot of property. Because Midland is home to…

A combination of state and federal proposals to change protections of wetlands and streams could damage waterways. The Trump administration proposes to…

There's a scene in the 1967 film The Graduate where a well-meaning friend of the family pulls Dustin Hoffman's character aside at his graduation party,…