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The Year in Water, 2022

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The Year in Water, 2022. Sharpening the Shark’s Teeth By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – December 13, 2022. The strength of the shark’s teeth and the breadth of the bite were on full display in 2022. Though vivid, the shark metaphor is an inadequate frame for some of 2022’s defining water stories. Brett Walton.

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High Cost of Water Hits Home

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By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – May 10, 2022. With all her other bills, waste is a luxury she can’t afford. . It is not only the size of the bill, but how it compares to the income of the household receiving it and to the cost of other essential expenses like food, housing, energy, and healthcare. Carl Ganter/Circle of Blue.

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Michigan’s ‘Very Big Opportunity’ in Infrastructure Windfall

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By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – May 11, 2022. Central to that work at the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy and its predecessor agency is a state-federal partnership to finance water infrastructure at affordable rates. The field, however, was surrounded by a Superfund toxic waste site. Brett Walton.

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