Lake Erie Congress members ask NASA to fund algal bloom warning system

<> Lake Erie Congress members ask NASA to fund algal bloom warning system - Ohio Congress members whose districts abut Lake Erie want the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to keep funding a new satellite-based system to track algal blooms that can contaminate drinking water.

Shipping Great Lakes water? That's California dreaming

<> Shipping Great Lakes water? That's California dreaming - Amid rising water supply crises, could the parched American Southwest ever get its hands on the world's most abundant and valuable liquid fresh water supply — our Great Lakes?

Lake Erie woes subject of county-commissioned report

<> Lake Erie woes subject of county-commissioned report - Two legal experts were commissioned by Lucas County commissioners to develop the report, which gives recommendations for tackling the phosphorus load that contributes to the summer algal blooms in the lake. Lucas Co. considers new water authority - Chesapeake Bay is design model; Moving Forward: Legal Solutions to Lake Erie's Harmful Algal Blooms Legal Institue of the Great Lakes, University of Toledo College of Law - Website: Reducing harmful algal blooms (HABs) in Lake Erie: Legal Tools and Best Practices

Combined sewer overflows last week doubled 2014 amount

<> Combined sewer overflows last week doubled 2014 amount - Combined sanitary and storm sewers in central Milwaukee and eastern Shorewood discharged an estimated 681.1 million gallons of storm water and sewage to local waterways April 9, according to Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District officials -- for comparison, the district reported 341 million gallons of total sewer overflows in all of last year, and more than 1.1 billion gallons of overflows in 2013

Stabenow, Peters Introduce Resolution Opposing Storage of Nuclear Waste in Great Lakes Basin

<> Stabenow, Peters Introduce Resolution Opposing Storage of Nuclear Waste in Great Lakes Basin - U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Gary Peters (D-MI) introduced a Senate resolution (S.RES.134) urging the administration to oppose a Canadian proposal to build a permanent nuclear waste repository in the Great Lakes Basin.  S.RES.134

Funding & The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

<> EDITORIAL: Great Lakes Restoration Initiative needs full funding - More work remains to be done; from cleaning up the nutrient runoff blamed for harmful algae growth to defending the lakes against invasive species such as Asian carp.

<> COMMENTARY: Effort to restore the Great Lakes paying off - Congress has now provided almost $2 billion for restoration activities through the GLRI. This impressive investment reflects the fact that Great Lakes restoration is a bipartisan priority for our region's congressional delegation.

Opinion: Protect Our Sacred Water

<> Opinion: Protect Our Sacred Water - Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians Tribal Councilor Derek Bailey discusses perspectives of Indigenous People who are now becoming more vocal and active in the preservation of our waters.