May 18, 2017 Governor Rick Snyder P.O. Box 30013 Lansing, MI 48909 Dear Governor Snyder, Michigan is in a crisis of water policy and law. This crisis requires your intervention and leadership now. This week in Detroit an additional 18,000 homes will be added to the already 20,000 plus homes disconnected from the Detroit water…
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Lanphar#1-12 Injection Well in Addison Gas Field
Lanphar#1-12 Injection Well in Addison Gas Field in Oakland County (Addison Twp) and borders Macomb County (Bruce Twp) ACTION: Please write a “COMMENT” by Letter, Email, or Fax BY: Wednesday, May 17 at midnight TO: Anna Miller U.S. EPA, Water Division, UIC Branch (WU-16J) 77 W. Jackson Blvd Chicago, IL 60604-3590 Email: Miller.Anna@epa.gov Fax: 312-697-…
Action: Summary of Potash Mining Permit Application and where to send your email to the DEQ.
Below is a copy of a letter written by a Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation board member. It summarizes the many concerns Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation has about this proposed Potash mining operation in Hersey, Michigan. Please feel free to take action – Michigan Potash Company. Share your concerns with the Department of Environmental…
ACTION: let your MI state representative know…
TAKE ACTION for Michigan. Support House Resolution 0061 rejecting Nestlé – Click on link, let your MI state representative know you support House Resolution 0061 urging the Governor and the DEQ to reject Nestlé Waters’ application to more than double water-taking at its Evart pumping station. http://act.freshwaterfuture.org/page/speakout/nestl-waters-resolution Click here to read more about Nestlé water taking.
Nestlé water grab, Detroit Flint injustice
re. Nestlé water grab, Detroit Flint injustice Press Release: April 21, 2017 Today is the final day for public comment on the Nestle permit application to increase water withdrawal at the PW 101 well in Osceola Township in Evart from 150 gpm to 400 gpm. Final comments must be in by 5:00. It…
Michigan Potash Company Threatens Muskegon Watershed
Michigan Potash Company Updated Info! Nestlé is not the only “large water taker” near Evart, Michigan. Six miles southwest of Nestlé’s opération, Michigan Potash Company (MPC) is seeking permits to drill 11 injection-wells for a proposed large-scale potash solution-mining venture. The company would pump huge quantities of fresh water into deep salt formations to dissolve…
Current Position on April 10, 2017 – Nestlé Water Takings in Evart, Osceola County
Nestlé Water Taking DEQ April Public Hearing The DEQ Public Hearing will take place on April 12, 2017 at the Ferris State University Center. This hearing is for Nestlé’s permit for an increase in water taking from the White Pine Springs Well 101 in Osceola Township, Osceola County. The permit was originally for 150 gallons…
Governor Snyder: Stop Gifting Nestle
Governor Snyder: Stop Gifting Nestlé! Now is the time for leadership from Governor Snyder to halt the permit for Nestlé to increase their water taking in Evart, MI. Michigan water laws and administrative policies require immediate repair. Governor Snyder needs to establish a two-year moratorium on increases and new water taking permits. This is what…
April Newsletter ready and available to you
Read April Newsletter Now! Details about the Nestle Public Hearing on April 12, updates on the Potash Mine, U.S. Ecology. Valuable information on how our grassroots organization operates, and how local “water concerns” that are springing up around the state can connect with us. Click here to read the April Newsletter! Copies are being mailed…
Potash Mine: Letter to Governor Snyder and MDEQ Director Grether from MCWC
To: Heidi Grether, Director Michigan Department of Environmental Quality P.O. Box 30473, Lansing, MI 48909-7973 Rick Snyder, Governor of the State of Michigan P.O. Box 30013 Lansing, MI 48909 From: Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation RE: Objection of DEQ Potash Mining Permit in Osceola County with Rationale It has come to our attention that the…