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Water, water everywhere in Michigan – but is it enough?

Bernard and Phyllis Senske encountered many challenges over the years while operating a sheep farm in Kalkaska County, but water scarcity was not among them.
That changed earlier this year. Shortly after a Canadian firm attempted to hydraulically fracture a deep shale natural gas well nearby, the water table on the Senskes’ property went down by 11 feet and discolored water flowed from their well. ....

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Flint crisis timeline: Part 2 | Bridge Michigan

This portion of the timeline encompasses January 2015 - June 2015.
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January 2015
January 1, 2015: MDEQ begins second six-month Flint lead/copper monitoring period. First testing period shows a 90th percentile reading of six parts per billion of lead in Flint tap water. ....

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