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The Great Lakes Water Authority is planning to increase its wholesale rates starting this July.
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Benton Harbor's water system was already in financial distress and lead contamination has only caused more expense. The drinking water and sewer bills are about twice as high as neighboring St. Joseph.
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A growing number of Michigan households are burdened by high water bills, a University of Michigan report finds.
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The lawsuit seeks financial compensation and ongoing health support for residents exposed to lead in the drinking water.
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Mayor Marcus Muhammad says many of the "deficiencies" found in recent inspections were due to disinvestment in the water system under a state-appointed emergency manager
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Tests of the drinking water in Benton Harbor have shown elevated levels of harmful lead going back to 2018. Regulators say they found more than a dozen violations at the city's water plant.
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This is the first time the state has urged the city's residents to avoid consuming tap water.
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Benton Harbor officials first found lead levels above the federal action level in the drinking water in the fall of 2018. The move comes after a coalition of national and local groups called for the federal government to step in and use its emergency powers to provide bottled water to residents earlier this month.
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Ann Arbor City Council considers the future of the city's drinking water source and its water treatment plant.
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All the things that go down the drain and end up at the waste water treatment plant are not removed there. Some of the industrial byproducts that end up…