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September 20, 2022
LANSING, Mich. – The City of Benton Harbor this week announced that its campaign to accelerate the replacement of aging lead water service lines is nearing completion with more than 90% of the lines in the city having now been inspected and replaced with copper lines, or verified non-lead.
Crews have excavated 171 service lines over the past 30 days and replaced any lead or galvanized services lines with new copper pipe. Crews are currently averaging six line excavations per day.
To date, more than 4,000 water service lines have been replaced or verified non-lead as of this week, leaving roughly 400 to complete. Progress on the project is updated daily on the Benton Harbor project dashboard.
“It is great to hear that we are almost to the finish line,” said Sam Hudson, Benton Harbor resident and retired business owner. “Over the last year, things have really come together and everyone, including the city, county, state of Michigan and the community found ways to work together to get us where we are now. The work has been done expeditiously to replace the lines and the results are good for my community.”
The funding in the Building Michigan Together Plan signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer late last month directs $45 million to the City of Benton Harbor for infrastructure improvements including replacement of all the city’s lead water service lines. The funding ensures the city will have resources to fully replace all lead service lines by the spring of 2023 as ordered by Governor Whitmer late last year.
More than 2,700 “Right of Access” Water Service Line Replacement Agreement forms have been completed by the 2,900 current water customers in Benton Harbor – a necessary step to allow the contractors to access private properties to perform the work. The Water Service Line Replacement Agreement may be accessed, filled out and submitted online. Forms may also be submitted to Abonmarche, 95 West Main Street, Benton Harbor, MI 49022 or emailed to Sandy Riehl at sriehl@abonmarche.com. For questions, call 269-926-4557.
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The grants aim to advance the research, development, or demonstration of projects to create innovative and practical approaches to increase the reuse and recycling of batteries and other critical minerals through investments in Michigan’s universities and colleges. Today’s awards will spur innovation and strengthen Michigan’s critical mineral supply chain while protecting our natural resources and reliance on the extraction of new materials.
Michigan has selected 25 community-based organizations to join the state’s first Michigan (MI) Justice40 Accelerator, a 12-month program designed to build capacity and provide funding, training, and technical support to organizations serving under-resourced and underserved communities statewide. The year-long program will help meet the goals of the MI Healthy Climate Plan while addressing historical inequities.
Critical water system upgrades are in the works in dozens of Michigan communities thanks to $1.05 billion in low-interest loans from the state revolving funds. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) issued financing agreements to 72 projects in the Drinking Water and Clean Water state revolving funds across the state in fiscal year 2024.
State invests in dozens of local governments and water systems, protecting public health and the environment
Michigan has selected a team from the University of Michigan’s department of Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering to develop a Michigan maritime strategy focused on climate action.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected four tribes in Michigan to receive more than $38 million in Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) made available by the Biden-Harris Administration’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
An agreement has been reached in a civil rights complaint filed by community members and Environmental Justice advocates against the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) regarding the January 2020 renewal of a U.S. Ecology North hazardous waste facility license.
Communities, agencies, universities, and nonprofits throughout the state will soon welcome reinforcements from the MI Healthy Climate Corps (MHC Corps) in the fight against climate change.
EGLE Director Phil Roos hosts a roundtable and tour at The Village at Grand Traverse Commons, a $3 million investment made possible by EGLE’s Brownfield Program
Registration is underway for the inaugural Great Lakes Drinking Water Conference, taking place September 25-26 at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi.
