Community involvement and public participation are an essential part of EGLE’s mission, vision, and values.
SARA Title III establishes requirements regarding emergency planning and "Community Right-to-Know" reporting on hazardous and toxic chemicals for federal, state, local, and tribal governments, as well as regulated facilities.
Resources and information on utilizing RRD's data exchange and the Inventory of Facilities.
An interactive map displaying contaminated sites throughout Michigan regulated under Parts 213, 201, and 211.
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy’s (EGLE) Water Well Viewer (WWV), is an interactive mapping system that displays water wells along with other information, such as wellhead protection areas, underground storage tanks, and sites of environmental contamination. Water well locations have been identified by address matching, the use of global positioning systems (GPS), and by legal descriptions.
This system allows water well drilling and pump installation contractors to submit water well records.
EGLE's interactive calendar is designed to provide timely information on decisions before the Director, proposed settlements of contested cases, administrative rules promulgation, public hearings, meetings and comment deadlines, and environmental conferences, workshops and training programs.
Anyone wishing to formally serve legal documents upon the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), or its officers or employees, may do so by the following methods.
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Michigan and the other Great Lakes states and provinces have enacted laws that require major water users to report water usage within the Great Lakes Basin. This information facilitates managing water resources in a more integrated manner and supports the legal basis for prohibiting diversions of Great Lakes water to other regions of the country.
All water users with the capacity to withdraw over 100,000 gallons per day must report their annual water use to the State of Michigan by April 1 of each year. Water use data is compiled by EGLE and shared publicly and with the other states and provinces within the Great Lakes basin.
Consumptive use is the portion of a withdrawal that isn't returned locally due to evaporation, incorporation into products, or transport out of the Great Lakes Basin. Units are in millions of Gallons per Day (GPD).
| Category | Total Water Use | Consumptive Water Use |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural irrigation | 246.5 | 221.8 |
| Commercial | 4.3 | 0.4 |
| Electric power generation | 5,435.3 | 61.3 |
| Industrial | 609 | 60.9 |
| Livestock | 42.5 | 5.6 |
| Non-agricultural irrigation | 32.8 | 29.5 |
| Private household supply | 187 | 18.7 |
| Public supply | 885.4 | 110.7 |
| Other | 12.7 | 0.01 |
Spreadsheets include separate tabs by category of use.
Electric power generation is the largest with 5,435.3 millions of gallons per day
Agricultural irrigation is the largest with 221.8 millions of gallons per day.
Water use data for each of the Great Lakes Basin states and provinces is available in the Great Lakes Regional Water Use Database maintained by the Great Lakes Commission.
