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The state of Michigan generally has safe drinking water, although some region's water quality is better than others.

From microplastic pollution, contaminated drinking water in Flint, PFAS contamination around the state, algae blooms in Lake Erie, failing septic systems and erosion, Michigan has it's hands full.

About half of all Michigan residents are served by public water systems that draw drinking water from surface water bodies. Of these, most draw from the Great Lakes, or a channel connected to a Great Lake.

While community drinking water in Michigan is strictly regulated and tested, Donaldson says many contamination issues occur at the household level. The good news: A few practical tips can keep you safe. Check the age of your faucet.

The Flint water crisis was a public health crisis that started in 2014 after the drinking water for the city of Flint, Michigan was contaminated with lead and possibly Legionella bacteria.

As the ice blocks melted depressions were left in the land. Some of these depressions were small, some shallow, some large, and some deep. Water from the melting glaciers as well as rain and groundwater filled these depressions to form lakes.

The state of Michigan generally has safe drinking water, although some region's water quality is better than others.

Glaciers that scoured the landscape before melting to form the Great Lakes left a jumble of subsurface rock formations, some holding more water than others, said John Yellich, director of the Michigan Geological Survey.

About half of all Michigan residents are served by public water systems that draw drinking water from surface water bodies. Of these, most draw from the Great Lakes, or a channel connected to a Great Lake.

The state of Michigan generally has safe drinking water, although some region's water quality is better than others.

Thousands of years ago, the melting mile-thick glaciers of the Wisconsin Ice Age left the North American continent a magnificent gift: five fantastic freshwater seas collectively known today as the Great Lakes — Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.

From microplastic pollution, contaminated drinking water in Flint, PFAS contamination around the state, algae blooms in Lake Erie, failing septic systems and erosion, Michigan has it's hands full.

Glaciers that scoured the landscape before melting to form the Great Lakes left a jumble of subsurface rock formations, some holding more water than others, said John Yellich, director of the Michigan Geological Survey.

About half of all Michigan residents are served by public water systems that draw drinking water from surface water bodies. Of these, most draw from the Great Lakes, or a channel connected to a Great Lake.

Due to a water switch in April 2014 to the City of Flint's water supply, Flint residents rang the alarm almost immediately about a serious change in their water quality. Although the water supply was switched back to water sourced from Lake Huron in 2015, the damage had been done.

While community drinking water in Michigan is strictly regulated and tested, Donaldson says many contamination issues occur at the household level. The good news: A few practical tips can keep you safe. Check the age of your faucet.

The Flint water crisis was a public health crisis that started in 2014 after the drinking water for the city of Flint, Michigan was contaminated with lead and possibly Legionella bacteria.

As the ice blocks melted depressions were left in the land. Some of these depressions were small, some shallow, some large, and some deep. Water from the melting glaciers as well as rain and groundwater filled these depressions to form lakes.

The state of Michigan generally has safe drinking water, although some region's water quality is better than others.

Glaciers that scoured the landscape before melting to form the Great Lakes left a jumble of subsurface rock formations, some holding more water than others, said John Yellich, director of the Michigan Geological Survey.

About half of all Michigan residents are served by public water systems that draw drinking water from surface water bodies. Of these, most draw from the Great Lakes, or a channel connected to a Great Lake.

Thousands of years ago, the melting mile-thick glaciers of the Wisconsin Ice Age left the North American continent a magnificent gift: five fantastic freshwater seas collectively known today as the Great Lakes — Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.

Glaciers that scoured the landscape before melting to form the Great Lakes left a jumble of subsurface rock formations, some holding more water than others, said John Yellich, director of the Michigan Geological Survey.

Due to a water switch in April 2014 to the City of Flint's water supply, Flint residents rang the alarm almost immediately about a serious change in their water quality. Although the water supply was switched back to water sourced from Lake Huron in 2015, the damage had been done.