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Researchers at the Rochester Institute of Technology are reducing plastic pollution in Lake Ontario via litter catching devices installed in storms drains across the city. #CleanWater #GreatLakes #NewYork

RIT Researchers Reduce Plastic Pollution with Storm Drain LittaTraps™ — Healthy Lakes

In a lab at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), in Rochester, New York, dozens of plastic bins of cigarette butts, food wrappers, bottle caps, one-shot liquor bottles, and other trash are stacked neatly on shelves, waiting to be sorted and categorized. This debris décor comes from litter-ca

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Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes 1d ago

Nitrate pollution is contaminating groundwater across #Wisconsin, causing serious problems. According to a report from Clean Wisconsin, nitrate pollution has climbed steadily since 2013, putting #DrinkingWater at risk. #CleanWater #GreatLakes

Nitrate Pollution Costs Wisconsinites Money, Health, and Habitat — Healthy Lakes

In groundwater sources across Wisconsin, an invisible pollutant is degrading aquatic ecosystems, threatening human health, and costing local communities millions of dollars. This chemical, known as nitrate, is the most widespread groundwater contaminant in Wisconsin, and it can cause serious problem

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Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Mar 10

The Great Lakes states need more than $290 billion to improve, upgrade, and repair drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater systems. Learn more on our website: HealthyLakes.org/water-infrastructure #GreatLakes #CleanWater

Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Mar 9

Another Great Lakes Day in the books! Thank you to all of the advocates from across the region who came in to tell their stories and let their Members of Congress know about the importance of the Great Lakes and clean water. #GreatLakes #CleanWater

Pic 1: Great Lakes Day participants in front of the national capitol
Pic 2: Coalition staff in front of the national capitol
Pic 3: Michiganders with Senator Gary Peters of Michigan

Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Mar 2

We're bringing in advocates from across the Great Lakes region to D.C. this week for Great Lakes Day! You can learn more about what we're talking to Congressmembers about at HealthyLakes.org/latest-news #GreatLakes #CleanWater

Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Feb 26

Host a restoration tour with us! Learn more and apply at: https://HealthyLakes.org/restoration-tours #GreatLakes #CleanWater

Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Jan 8

House funding package for FY26 largely maintains funding levels for Great Lakes & clean water programs, with modest increases in several areas. Given the significant cuts proposed in 2025, this outcome represents a hard-fought victory for the #GreatLakes. #CleanWater

https://www.healthylakes.org/latest-news/remarkable-turnaroundbudget-shows-strong-bipartisan-support-for-continued-great-lakes-investment

“Remarkable turnaround”—Budget Shows Strong Bipartisan Support for Continued Great Lakes Investment — Healthy Lakes

The House has passed a three-bill funding package that includes funding for the Department of Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Army Corps of Engineers for Fiscal Year 2026. Great Lakes and clean water programs largely maintai

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Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Jan 7

The Coalition, along with more than 70 member groups submitted a letter urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to withdraw their proposed revision to the definition of “Waters of the United States,” warning that the rule would dramatically weaken the Clean Water Act and put Great Lakes waters at risk.

https://www.healthylakes.org/latest-news/coalition-urges-epa-and-army-corps-to-withdraw-proposed-revision-to-wotus

Coalition Urges EPA and Army Corps to Withdraw Proposed Revision to WOTUS — Healthy Lakes

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Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Dec 3

Funding opportunity! The Coalition is opening a new Request for Proposals to fund a dedicated ground game team of organizations that will carry out a grassroots campaign in key Congressional districts. Learn more and apply at bit.ly/clean-water-advocacy-rfp

#GreatLakes #CleanWater #Funding

Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Nov 24

Drinking water at risk! The U.S. EPA and Army Corps of Engineers has proposed a set of new rules that would leave millions of acres of wetlands, small waterbodies, and ephemeral streams across the country unprotected — threatening the drinking water of millions of Americans. #GreatLakes #CleanWater

https://www.circleofblue.org/2025/water-policy-politics/three-great-lakes-states-at-greatest-risk-as-epa-rolls-back-wetland-protections/

Three Great Lakes States at Greatest Risk as EPA Rolls Back Wetland Protections

The wetlands protection rollback threatens millions of acres, impacting drinking water and essential wildlife habitats across America.

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