MSU Extension Water Quality

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  MSU graduate student, Alexandra Benitez-Gonzalez, highlighted by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

  Published on December 31, 2022
  In her 'Voices From the Field' article, Benitez-Gonzalez describes her journey and learning the Importance of effective risk communication.

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  Local government has an important role for water quality protection: Part 2

  Published on December 21, 2022
  State and federal regulations help protect water resources but does not do the whole job. Local government has an important role also – key to retaining important habitat on lake’s and river’s edge.

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  Local government has an important role for water quality protection: Part 3

  Published on December 21, 2022
  Local governments have a very important role to play in the protection of surface water, ground water, drinking water and wetlands; often filling the gaps in state and federal regulations.

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  MSU researcher says anaerobic digesters are ‘the wave of the future’

  Published on December 8, 2022
  BAE Professor Dana Kirk works with dairy producers to establish waste management systems and break down barriers to access for farms of all sizes

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  Mudpuppies! No, we are not talking about dogs

  Published on November 16, 2022
  While not as cuddly or playful as a fuzzy puppy, mudpuppies play an important role in our ecosystem and should be handled with care.

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  Tips for improving the water quality performance of conservation drainage practices

  Published on October 10, 2022
  Learn which pipe property improves the water quality performance of saturated buffers, denitrifying bioreactors and phosphorus removal structures.

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  Delisa Scholarship supports students interested in water research and sustainability

  Published on September 21, 2022
  Sally Delisa, ’64 elementary education, established an endowed scholarship in memory of her husband, Robert Delisa, ’64 social science, for students interested in water research and sustainability.

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  Recent water main break in southeast Michigan highlights importance of drinking water infrastructure

  Published on September 15, 2022
  MSU Extension offers a free online program to help communities learn more about water infrastructure issues.

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  Freshwater mussels of Michigan

  Published on September 9, 2022
  Native clams live long and fascinating lives in our lakes and rivers.

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  Strengthening water quality data collection and stewardship through community engagement

  Published on August 26, 2022
  MSU Extension administers the Michigan Clean Water Corps, or MiCorps, a statewide network of volunteer-based monitoring programs measuring lake and stream water quality.