Clean Water

Combined sewer overflows, or C.S.O.s, are one of the most serious pollution problems facing the Great Lakes. These discharges force beach closures, prompt health advisories urging people to stay out of polluted rivers, harm wildlife and hurt tourism. Operation Clean Water published a report about E. Coli in our Beach Water (PDF).

A Report by the Healing Our Waters® - Great Lakes Coalition titled "Turning the Tide: Investing in Wastewater Infrastructure to Create Jobs and Solve the Sewage Crisis in the Great Lakes (PDF)" provides more information about pollution in the Great Lakes.  Click on the link below to read the report, written in August 2010. A Report by the Healing Our Waters® - Great Lakes Coalition titled "Turning the Tide: Investing in Wastewater Infrastructure to Create Jobs and Solve the Sewage Crisis in the Great Lakes" provides more information about pollution in the Great Lakes.  Click on the link below to read the report, written in August 2010.

Report Faults Detroit for Sewers (PDF) - published in the Detroit Free Press August 10, 2010.