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Upcoming Events

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All meetings are held at the Tri-County Regional Planning Commission in the Large Conference Room, unless otherwise specified. View meeting packets and minutes here.

 

Past meeting materials and minutes are available in our archive.

February 8, 2023

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April 12, 2023

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June 14, 2023

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August 9, 2023

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October 11, 2023

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December 13, 2023 (Annual Meeting)

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Groundwater News

Groundwater in the News

Using seismology for groundwater management

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As climate change increases the number of extreme weather events, such as megadroughts, groundwater management is key for sustaining water supply. But current groundwater monitoring tools are either costly or insufficient for deeper aquifers, limiting...

A Fluid Concept: Modeling the Complicated Relationship Between Great Lakes Groundwater and Surface Water

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Because it’s largely unseen, it may be difficult to imagine that the volume of groundwater in the Great Lakes basin is about equal to the volume of Lake Michigan. These vast underground reservoirs play an important role linking the Great Lakes to the land, streams, wetlands and people in the basin’s watersheds...

Michigan septic inspection bill to protect water from leaks may spill into next legislative session

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Michigan is the sole state in the nation without a statewide septic code and a bill in the state House is meant to remedy that, perhaps in the coming lame duck session...

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Climate-Driven Flooding Poses Well Water Contamination Risks

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After a record-setting Midwestern rainstorm that damaged thousands of homes and businesses, Stefanie Johnson’s farmhouse in Blandinsville, Illinois, didn’t have safe drinking water for nearly two months...

Rights vs. Regulations: When it Comes to Septic Codes, Property Rights Remain a Big Barrier

 

In Michigan, with public health departments fully occupied with COVID-19, septic systems have been pushed back as a priority. But even before COVID-19, it wasn’t much of a priority in the Legislature, because the last time an attempt was made... 

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