A complete list of all programs within the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE)
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’s more than 1,000 public beaches are a great summertime getaway, but unfortunately, not every beach is suited for swimming and splashing every day.
Find out if a beach is safe for swimming by using our beach monitoring system, BeachGuard.
BeachGuard provides information about Michigan's beaches. Local health departments supply the information collected in the BeachGuard tool and have the most current information and details on testing and current guidance. If the beach you're looking for is not listed in BeachGuard, please contact your local health department for more information.
BeachGuard can help you find answers to questions about real-time closures at specific lakes and beaches such as:
You may also be interested in finding out the temperature of the water at the beach you're looking to visit.
Wildlife waste (especially from waterfowl, like geese), agricultural runoff, pet manure, wastewater spills, toxic algae, and leaking septic systems can make beaches temporarily unhealthy and off-limits to the public.
Typically, after a rainstorm, everything on land gets washed into the surface waters including beaches - that's when bacteria and other harmful microbes may enter the water.
Beach water quality typically recovers in a day or two after a spike from rainfall.
If you choose to swim despite a closure or advisory, know that diseases acquired from contact with contaminated water can cause gastrointestinal illness; neurological symptoms; wound infections; and affect the skin, ears, eyes, and respiratory systems.
The most commonly reported symptoms are stomach cramps, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, and low-grade fever.
Our staff monitor Michigan’s surface waters, such as lakes and streams, but not beaches specifically.
The authority to monitor public beaches and close them based on conditions rests with local health officers – typically regional or county health departments.
These departments regularly monitor about 400 beaches each year. We provide many of them with state and federal funds to support this monitoring.
A beach advisory or closure is issued by a local health department when monitoring results indicate contamination is present.
The beach is posted when either the daily geometric mean or the 30-day geometric mean is higher than the safe limit.
Beaches are reopened when monitoring results show the beach is safe for swimming.
For questions about specific beaches or test results, contact your local health department.
For questions about EGLE's involvement in beach water monitoring, contact Shannon Briggs, Toxicologist at BriggsS4@Michigan.gov or 517-290-8249.
BeachGuard was previously a stand-alone application, but as of March 2025 it has been consolidated to MiEnviro Portal - our largest permitting and compliance application.
New features include:
