Are Detroit water shutoffs and illnesses related?
A recent study by water activists and researchers at Henry Ford Global Health Initiative has shown an association between shutoffs and some water-associated illnesses. Working with the group We the...
View ArticleInteractive Map: Detroit water shutoffs by neighborhood
Shutting the tap Last year, more than 27,000 Detroit homes had water shut off because of what the city says were unpaid bills. In some neighborhoods, 1-in-5 homes lost water access. To find your...
View ArticleDetroit cites progress, but water shutoffs actually rose last year
Shutting the tap Last year, more than 27,000 Detroit homes had water shut off because of what the city says were unpaid bills. In some neighborhoods, 1-in-5 homes lost water access. To find your...
View ArticleIn Detroit, surviving without running water has become a way of life
DETROIT – On her worst days, Mattie McCorkle admits, she feels “less than a person.” Once or twice a week, the Detroit mother of three collects her loose change and buckets from her bathtub. She...
View ArticleDetroit studying whether to shut water in underpopulated neighborhoods
DETROIT -‒ Detroit officials are studying whether it makes sense to shut water service and relocate residents in parts of this sprawling and often vacant city, a top city official told Bridge...
View ArticleShe was born to fight – and did for 3 years without water in Detroit
Fayette Coleman had a million-dollar view and a tear in her eye. Sitting in a subsidized apartment that overlooked a downtown Detroit that she could rarely visit, Coleman questioned God. A hard life...
View ArticleHow to get help with Detroit water payments and avoid shutoffs
DETROIT – Detroit officials say they’re committed to helping water customers struggling to pay bills and avoid service interruptions that each year shut the taps to thousands of homes. The city...
View ArticleDetroit shut off water to 11,800 homes this year. Most are still off.
Occupants of more than 5,300 Detroit homes – more than every house and apartment in the suburb of Grosse Pointe Park – went without running water for one week or more during one of the hotter summers...
View ArticleWary of water safety, Michigan residents want stronger regulation
Concerns about Michigan water quality continue to bubble up in the Great Lakes State. From PFAS to lead, Line 5 to Nestlé, agricultural runoff to Asian carp, Michigan faces a host of expensive...
View ArticleI hate to complain, but I haven’t had water in a year. A Detroit story.
https://www.bridgemi.com/sites/default/files/article_images/sponsor_block2_1.png March 9, 2020: Detroit to offer $25 water restorations as coronavirus fears mount Feb. 26, 2020: Detroit says no proof...
View ArticleDetroit wants to expand water help. Here’s how to avoid disconnections.
https://www.bridgemi.com/sites/default/files/article_images/sponsor_block2_1.png Feb. 26, 2020: Detroit says no proof water shutoffs harm health. Get real, experts say. Detroit is working to expand...
View ArticleBernie Sanders calls Detroit shutoffs an ‘outrage,’ as city seeks more help
https://www.bridgemi.com/sites/default/files/article_images/sponsor_block2_1.png Feb. 26, 2020: Detroit says no proof water shutoffs harm health. Get real, experts say. DETROIT—Detroit officials took...
View ArticleDetroit says no proof water shutoffs harm health. Get real, experts say.
Bloomberg and Bernie agree on shutoffsAdd former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg to the Democratic presidential candidates who are criticizing Detroit’s water shutoffs.Last week, after Vermont Sen....
View ArticleDetroit to offer $25 water restorations as coronavirus fears mount
March 10, 2020: Michigan reports first two coronavirus cases, in Wayne and Oakland counties Coronavirus fears are prompting Detroit and the state of Michigan to offer cut-rate restorations for those...
View ArticleDetroit off to slow start restoring water to homes as coronavirus hits
Technology issues and a lack of contractors have slowed Detroit’s efforts to safeguard against coronavirus by restoring water to residents whose taps were shut off for nonpayment. Gary Brown, director...
View ArticleDetroit moving faster to restore water, but hundreds still without service
Ten days into an emergency effort to restore water service during the coronavirus crisis, Detroit has turned taps back on to 443 customers, city records show. That’s about one-third of the 1,152...
View ArticleCoronavirus makes even finding water to help the needy a struggle in Detroit
DETROIT — At St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood, dozens of volunteers gathered this week to unload a truck full of water bottles to distribute to those whose water remains...
View ArticleOpinion | How to ensure water security and beat coronavirus in Michigan
https://www.bridgemi.com/sites/default/files/article_images/img_3599.jpgMichigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s decision to reconnect water services to homes that were shut off, and create a $2 million fund...
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Gov. Whitmer unveils $500M spending strategy for Michigan water
Kelly HouseA 2016 report estimated Michigan needs to spend as much as $1 billion annually through 2030 to ensure residents have clean drinking water. (File photo)Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on...
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Opinion | To protect all Michiganders, maintain access to clean water
Marianne Udow-PhillipsMarianne Udow-Phillips is the founding executive director of the Center for Health research Transformation at the University of Michigan. Prior, she served as the director of...
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