Earlier this week, the Healing Our Waters Coalition released a report detailing the sewage crisis that the Great Lakes are facing due to our region’s antiquated sewer infrastructure. The Coalition held release events in five Great Lakes cities to announce the findings of the report, Turning the Tide: Invest in Wastewater Infrastructure to Create Jobs and Solve the Sewage Crisis in the Great Lakes and promote recommendations that would create jobs while making the Great Lakes healthy once more. The report calls on Congress to fund storm and waste water infrastructure improvement projects by investing $2.7 billion in the federal Clean Water State Revolving Fund. Listed below is a digest of news that the report has generated around the region:
Buffalo News: Sewage Crisis Overtakes the Lakes
WBFO News: Sewage Still Plagues Great Lakes
WKBW:Floatables Problem at Canal Side
Floatables Problem at Canal Side Addressed
Your News Now: Sewage Polluting Great Lakes
WEWS: Report Slams Federal Response to Raw Sewage Dumped into Lake Erie
WCPN: Report Says Cleaner Lakes Lead To More Jobs
WKSU: Higher Funding Requested to Help Stop Sewage Overflowing into Great Lakes
Toledo Blade: Great Lakes Coalition Seeks More US Aid to Stem Sewage
Detroit Free Press: Report Faults Detroit for Sewers
WDET: Environmental Groups Push for Sewer Funding
MI Earth Blog: Turning the Tide a New Report
Post Tribune: Enviros seek $2.7 billion for wastewater infrastructure
Minnesota Public Radio: Report: The Sewage Crisis for Minnesota and other Great Lakes States
Related posts:
- Congress Needs to Step up Funding for Sewage Crisis, Report Says
- New Report: Solving Region’s Sewage Crisis Will Create Jobs, Restore Great Lakes
- Sewage Contamination
- 2011 Budget and Great Lakes Restoration—By the Numbers
- Short and Very Bittersweet