Anna Liz Nichols February 03, 2021 - 3:55 PM
LANSING, Mich. - A group responsible for offering new safety measures after two Michigan dams failed last summer destroying 150 houses and causing over $200 million damage delayed sending the governor its final recommendations, which include increased monitoring of dams and other risk reduction measures.
The Michigan Dam Safety Task Force has been working on recommendations that would require Legislature approval to reduce the threat of dam failures after two dams failed in Midland County last May, forcing the evacuation of 10,000 people.
Among the 86 recommendations from the task force is that owners of all high and significant hazard dams would be required to provide surveillance and monitoring plans to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy. They also would be required to have independent reviews performed at least every 10 years. Inspections could be required annually for high ha
Feb 3, 2021
MARQUETTE Northern Michigan University’s Office of Graduate Studies and Research has awarded nine NMU Faculty Research Grants worth $7,000 each.
The purpose of the internal grant program is to assist faculty in seeking advancement in their respective fields through significant scholarly achievements such as publications, artistic works, research projects and manuscripts, with the ultimate goal of capitalizing on project potential to gain future external funding.
Below is a list of the NMU faculty grant recipients, along with their respective departments and research topics:
≤ Katherine Teeter, Department of Biology, “Molecular Evolution at Elevation: Adaptation in the American Pika (Ochotona Princeps)”;
Ann Arbor contract for outside legal services in Gelman case jumps to $750K
Updated Feb 01, 2021;
Posted Feb 01, 2021
A county map of the Gelman dioxane plume originating in Scio Township and moving easterly through Ann Arbor s west side as of 2019. Small dots on the map mark the locations of drinking water wells, while different types of larger circles show the locations of monitoring wells and groundwater extraction wells for treatment operations by polluter Gelman Sciences. The red outlined area is the prohibition zone where groundwater use is prohibited per court orders.Washtenaw County
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ANN ARBOR, MI As the Gelman plume legal case continues to play out in Washtenaw County Circuit Court, Ann Arbor’s costs for outside legal services are growing larger.
Ann Arbor presses water resources commissioner to send violation notice to polluter
Updated Jan 20, 2021;
Posted Jan 20, 2021
Representatives of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, the Washtenaw County Water Resources Commissioner s Office and technicians from Fleis and VandenBrink test for dioxane levels in Allen Creek, which runs below West Park in Ann Arbor, on Thursday, Feb. 7 2019.Jacob Hamilton
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ANN ARBOR, MI With the toxic chemical 1,4-dioxane seeping into the Allen Creek drain system at increasing levels, Ann Arbor officials are speaking out.
City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night, Jan. 19, to voice support for issuing a violation notice to polluter Gelman Sciences for “violation of the prohibition against 1,4-dioxane infiltration into the Allen Creek drain.”