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NGWA: Private Water Well Services Available During ‘Shelter-in-Place’ Orders

Thursday, March 26, 2020 (65 reads)

The National Ground Water Association (NGWA) wants private well owners to know: Services to your water systems including pump installation, water testing, and water well drilling are still available during any shelter-in-place or lockdown order.

Its doors may be shut, but Great Lakes Science Center reaching out with daily STEM videos

Wednesday, March 25, 2020 (12 reads)

As it is it closed to the public, the Great Lakes Science Center is still living up to its mission to make science, technology, engineering and math, aka STEM, come alive – this time with web-based “Curiosity Corner” programming.

Continued record high water levels force cooperation among Great Lakes leaders

Tuesday, March 10, 2020 (37 reads)

Lakes Superior, Michigan, and Huron are on pace to set all-time records for high water levels in February. That’s sent Great Lakes states into action, scrambling for solutions as water stays high.

Microplastics are filling the Great Lakes and birds' bellies

Monday, February 03, 2020 (39 reads)

In one of the first-ever projects to study microplastics and birds in the Great Lakes, manmade debris was found in 26 of the 30 birds studied, including bird colonies in both urban and rural areas.

Chicago moves to ban all styrofoam and single-use plastics

Friday, January 17, 2020 (39 reads)

More than 300 cities and 55 countries around the world have banned single-use plastics in an effort to reduce the millions of pounds of plastic trash clogging our lakes and oceans. Chicago could be next.