Archive: Spring 2022

Public Trust Bills to be Re-Introduced in Legislature

Three important bills will be introduced in the Legislature on March 17th. Once again the people will be looking to the Legislature to do the right thing for water and for the people they serve. These bills are not new and it is important that...

WE ARE NOT ALONE – News from the Troubled Waters Network

Fracking and Injection Wells Still with Us

The proposal to ban fracking and frack wastes might appear on the 2022 ballot this fall, if four individuals prevail in court to have their signatures count.

In Memory of MCWC Founding President Terry Swier

Leader, Organizer, Water Defender, Community Builder: March 18, 1944 - December 5, 2021

MCWC Letter to Cadillac News

Is Michigan Potash and Salt Company finally prepared to launch a billion-dollar mining venture in Osceola County? They say yes. We say look more closely.

Why are we collecting stories about what happens to a family when they cannot afford their water bill?

The People’s Water Board has been working to ensure everyone has clean, affordable running water since 2008. We are a coalition of three dozen grassroots groups, NGO’s, faith-based, community-based and labor organizations who have come together to fight for the human right to water. Water...

Benton Harbor: State of Michigan Sows Water Disaster in Another Michigan City, the People of Benton Harbor Fight a Corporate State for Clean Water

Our Fall issue reported on the situation in Benton Harbor with lead poisoning and the grassroots effort to force government to deal with it in a timely manner. We focused on the public health emergency it represented. The following is most of an article written...

Line 5: Where do we go from here?

For the past decade, Michigan residents have been standing together, pushing for the shutdown of Enbridge Energy’s nearly 70-year-old Line 5 pipeline. After years of inaction from the Snyder administration, Governor Whitmer and AG Nessel have done everything they can to shut down Line 5...

Baltimore Residents Win Water Affordability Program – Water4All

Residents of Baltimore, Maryland have won a major victory in their fight for affordable water. On February 8th, Mayor Scott announced the initiation of the Water4All program. Baltimore is the second major US city, after Philadelphia, to determine water and sanitation bills based on income...

Once Again Nestle/Blue Triton Dodges Justice

Ever since Nestle applied for the permit to increase pumping at the White Pine Springs well (PW 101) in Evart for its bottling operation in Stanwood in 2016, MCWC has been contesting this outrageous water grab. We have argued in public forums, educated across the...