By Laura Weber, Michigan Public Radio Network
LANSING, MI –
A new report says climate change will exacerbate problems with raw sewage flowing into the Great Lakes. That's because an increase in heavy downpours of rain cause overflows of sewage systems. The report was written by the Healing Our Waters Great Lakes Coalition.
Jeff Skelding is with the coalition.
"What we're doing today is we're calling on Congress to turn the tide on wastewater pollution by investing $2.7 billion to create jobs, protect public health, restore the Great Lakes, uphold our quality of life, and begin to eliminate the discharge of raw sewage into the Great Lakes," he says.
Skelding says many Michigan sewer systems are out of date, and the federal government needs to address years of negligence to come up with modern solutions.