Ann Arbor drinking water

One of the main goals of the draft Comprehensive Use Plan is to spur economic and residential growth in Ann Arbor. But such growth could bring infrastructure problems. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

The next proposed budget will be presented to the Ann Arbor City Council by the administration tonight. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

Ann Arbor City Council voted unanimously to join a class action settlement, seeking compensation from companies that contributed to PFAS contamination. WEMU’s Taylor Bowie has more details.

Ann Arbor officials are taking the first steps towards ensuring the community’s drinking water remains safe and reliable. WEMU’s Taylor Pinson has the story.

New, and more sensitive, testing shows there has been further spread of the1-4 dioxane plume emanating from the old Gelman Sciences facility on Wagner Road in Scio Township. It has now gone about a mile beyond what was thought to be the edge of the plume. That is much closer to the Huron River and Barton Pond, which supplies Ann Arbor's drinking water. WEMU's David Fair discussed the latest developments with Kathleen Knoll, Scio Township trustee and Township representative on the Coalition for Action on Remediation of Dioxane.

There a number of threats to the health and safety of drinking water in Ann Arbor, and there are some major decisions to be made in the near future. The…

Ann Arbor’s city council has approved two rounds of water rate increases. Effective January 1st of 2021, residents will see a 7% increase in their water…

Protecting Michigan's drinking water has becoming even more of a priority in the past year. However, during the Michigan Legislature's lame-duck session,…

Detectable levels of PFAS and PFOS chemicals are in the Ann Arbor municipal drinking water. Progress was made in 2018, and more is expected in the new…

Ann Arbor is investing nearly one million dollars in technology aimed at removing toxic chemicals found from its source of drinking water. PFAS…