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Watch our Water Wednesday Shows

Every Wednesday at 12 p.m. ET catch the PWBC’s Water Wednesday show — a unique webcast hosted and produced by Detroit mothers who discuss a variety of local to international water-related topics with special guests. Each show is broadcast live on facebook and twitter. You’ll find recorded shows on the People’s Water Board Coalition’s YouTube […]

Learn The Dangers Of Lead In Your Water July 10th

Benton Harbor Community Education on Lead REGISTRATION FORM: Please complete this form to pre-register for this event on Saturday, July 10m 2021 from 2-5pm. Doors open with lunch available at 1pm. Location: BANCO, 275 Pipestone St, Benton Harbor, MI 49022. REGISTER HERE: Benton Harbor Community Education on Lead (google.com)

Lame Duck Bill Needs Your Action!

During the Michigan Legislature’s Lame Duck Session — the period after the election but before newly elected lawmakers take office in January — which runs for at least two more weeks, anything can happen. Officials are no longer concerned with reelection, and they use this time to rush through controversial legislation. Please take action to urge legislators […]

New list of resources on water affordability, health metrics and public health, human rights, lead levels and infrastructure, and legal issues

In the 21st century, water insecurity and inadequate sanitation are more commonplace in the U.S. than we would have ever imagined. Water activists, impacted residents, scholars and legal advocates in Michigan have been working for more than two decades to bring attention and solutions to local, state, national and global struggles to ensure that all […]

Help Us Stop Nestle From Getting A New Permit in MI!

Please allow the People’s Water Board to send a postcard in your name, there is a good chance Gov. Whitmer’s administration will not renew Gov. Snyder’s permit to allow Nestle to take Michigan’s water for its own profit. The People’s Water Board plans to mail at least 500 postcards to EGLE Director Liesl Clark, asking […]

Imagine A Day Without Water

Will you accept the challenge to live a Day without Water? The People’s Water Board is challenging Detroit City Council members Brenda Jones, Mary Sheffield, Janee Ayers, James Tate, Roy McCallster Jr., Scott Benson, Andre Spivey, Raquel-Castaneda-Lopez, Gabe Leland to live a day without water on October 21, 2020 The challenge: No showers or baths. Do not […]

Action Alert! MI Says No To Nestle!

Please take a moment today and email this letter to EGLE Director Clark here (ClarkL20@michigan.gov) and demand he say no to Nestle! Then share this letter with your networks and ask them to flood his email. Michigan says NO to Nestle! Dear Director Clark, I strongly urge you to withdraw the permit granted by the […]

MI Water, MI Future Virtual Town Hall Series

https://cleanwater.org/MIwaterMIfuture

“Join Clean Water Action this summer for our MI Water, MI Future series of virtual town hall events. We will be discussing pressing issues and topics regarding protecting our Michigan water resources, learning the background and history, where we currently stand, what the future holds, and how you can take action.” more at: https://cleanwater.org/MIwaterMIfuture