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The potentially health-harming chemical compound that shut down the drinking water supply in two West Michigan communities last Thursday may contaminate more than 11,300 locations statewide, according to the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press. View the full article

US Ecology, an Idaho-based company, is close to receiving approval for a large expansion of its hazardous waste facility on Detroit’s east side, near Hamtramck, Michigan. Read and listen to the full story by Michigan Public Radio. View the full article

Green Bay’s dead zones — areas with virtually no oxygen or aquatic life — are in a constant state of flux, and probably not improving. But despite their ever-changing nature, there are signs Green Bay’s dead zones are sometimes larger and lasting longer, according to a new study led by a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee researcher. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. View the full article

According to an independent report released Friday morning by the National Wildlife Federation, the Upper Peninsula does not need to use Enbridge’s Line 5 for its propane supply. Read the full story by Michigan Public Radio. View the full article

An $800,000 grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will support a two-year effort to control and prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species across Pennsylvania, with an emphasis on the Lake Erie Basin. Read the full story by WJET-TV – Erie, PA. View the full article

After the contaminant PFAS in Parchment and Cooper Township’s drinking water was found at levels exceeding 20 times the federal lifetime health advisory, officials are focused on keeping residents safe while working to answer larger questions about how the toxic plume came to be. Read the full story by MLive. View the full article

All aboard the oldest and longest-serving commissioned ship in the Royal Canadian Navy: HMCS Oriole — a 31-metre sailing ketch — stopped in Windsor for the weekend. Read the full story by CBC News. View the full article

Important weather conditions and water conditions are available from a large network of buoys on the Great Lakes. You can get the info with just a quick text and unlike some of your kids, if you text a buoy it will always text you right back. Read the full story by MLive. View the full article

As part of a multi-phased, comprehensive cleanup of the Eighteen Mile Creek Superfund Site in Lockport, New York, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed the removal of roughly 14,000 cubic yards of contaminated soil and off-site disposal at facilities licensed to handle the waste. Read the full story by the Niagara Gazette. View the full article

Island Green Week in Put-in-Bay, Ohio is an eco-centric celebration of the unique environment of the island cluster in southern Lake Erie and provides a look at its intriguing history, including a display of some of the wonders that make it unlike any other locale in the Great Lakes region. Read the full story by The Toledo Blade. View the full article

With the conditional approval of Lake Erie’s offshore wind project, Icebreaker Windpower positions Ohio to be a world leader in the manufacturing, sales, and innovation of freshwater wind energy – but only if we seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity now. Read the full story in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. View the full article

More than 300 anglers took to Lake Superior on July 21-22 in the 18th annual Salmon Classic fishing tournament in Silver Bay, Minnesota. Read the full story by the Lake County News Chronicle. View the full article

Built in 1912, the Wolverine was originally a side-wheel steamer called the SS Seeandbee used for luxury cruises on the Great Lakes. However, it began its second career in 1942 in the U.S. Navy. Read the full story by Business Insider. View the full article

The Georgian Bay Great Lakes Foundation (GBGLF) issued an alert calling for Ohio and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to begin grass carp eradication measures immediately. Read the full story by the Manitoulin Expositor. View the full article

Surfrider Milwaukee, part of a global Surfrider Foundation network, is using surfing to engage communities on environmental issues facing the Great Lakes and other freshwater bodies. Read the full story by the Wisconsin Gazette. View the full article

Those interested in humanity’s relationship to water might consider visiting one of the six communities in Michigan where the Smithsonian Institution’s “Water/Ways” exhibit is traveling over the next eight months. Read the full story by The Voice. View the full article

$600,000 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is going to the Great Lakes Observing System, which coordinates information from federal, state and local agencies monitoring the lake. Read the full story by WKSU – Kent, OH. View the full article

Twenty volunteers gathered at Pere Marquette Park beach in Muskegon, Michigan to pick up garbage on Saturday, July 21. Read the full story by MLive.com View the full article

The grant awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Great Lakes Commission will enable Metro Parks to build on work it started with a previous $1.15 million grant from the Ohio Public Works Commission. Read the full story by Cleveland.com View the full article

Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Wednesday insisted he will not back down after a state regulatory panel last week balked at his administration’s request to immediately declare a large chunk of the Maumee River Basin in “distress.” Read the full story by The Toledo Blade. View the full article

Leaders of public ports across the Great Lakes are in Erie, Pennsylvania discussing the visibility of the shipping industry. Read the full story by WJET-TV – Erie, PA. View the full article

Styrofoam single-use takeout containers are a cheap and common option at many restaurants, but can pollute the Great Lakes and take hundreds of years to break down. Read the full story by Michigan Public Radio. View the full article

To get a better look at how Lake Erie’s harmful algal bloom is moving, NOAA researchers take high-resolution data from a weekly airplane trip that can give more detail to scientists trying to determine what type of algae is present in a specific bloom. Read the full story by WXYZ-TV – Detroit, MI. View the full article

The death toll in Flint, Michigan, from legionella bacteria-contaminated water may be much higher than state health officials have acknowledged, an ongoing FRONTLINE investigation has found. Read the full story by PBS. View the full article

In Michigan, the city of Port Huron has announced a deal to finally separate the last of its combined sewers and stop the discharge of untreated sewage to the Black River and points downstream. The irony is that local utilities are investing to make our collective future so much cleaner and brighter, all while politicians are burning the midnight oil to dismantle environmental safeguards. Read the full story by The Times Herald. View the full article