Detroit Free Press - Water Issues

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Anyone catch Keith Matheny's articles with that deep dive of investigative journalism into all the issues with sewage ?

http://www.freep.com/staff/27693/keith-matheny/

Video of the town hall meeting held October 2, 2017 at MacRay Harbor. Numerous politicians, MDEQ officials, attended. Media/Press had a field day !!!

https://www.facebook.com/SaveLakeStC...1453268908984/

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Frankly - who gives a F*$# about stadiums, sports, retail -
when the drinking water in the region is being contaminated !!!!

“The Detroit Free Press spent nearly three months investigating the longstanding water quality problems at Lake St. Clair – compiling Michigan Department of Environmental Quality data on combined sewage overflows spilling to the lake and interviewing researchers, policy makers and citizen advocates for the lake.”
Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press

Perhaps one of THE most important group of articles concerning Macomb County.
http://www.freep.com/story/news/loca...res/728342001/
Multiple articles, over the weekend, and each day of the week, focused on various aspects, perspectives, and effects of an infrastructure badly in need of Federal Funding dollars $. In addition, various videos explaining the issues of wastewater.

Day 1

Welcome to Lake St. Clair, where water pollution and beach closures remain unresolved

Across the river, Canada’s Chemical Valley adds to Lake St. Clair’s environmental issues

State lawmakers from Macomb County sponsor St. Clair water quality town hall

All that goose and gull poop is contributing to Lake St. Clair water woes, DEQ says

Day 2

Lake St. Clair is an economic, recreational plum that we sometimes treat like a toilet

Day 3

Years apart, 2 residents champion Lake St. Clair and its environmental problems

At Lake St. Clair town hall, residents sound off on E. Coli, mucky shorelines

Day 4

Oakland, Macomb water officials spar over Oakland’s role in Lake St. Clair’s woes

Day 5

How to fix Lake St. Clair’s environmental problems — and why it hasn’t happened yet