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How funders can support clean, reliable water for all
A water Treatment Plant at sunset.

Environment

How funders can support clean, reliable water for all

Water systems in the U.S. need to be overhauled to remain financially healthy while ensuring universal access to safe, affordable water.

New partnerships are needed to solve Michigan’s water-related issues
Ridgway White headshot.

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New partnerships are needed to solve Michigan’s water-related issues

Michigan cities need more federal funding to complete the mammoth task of modernizing water infrastructure, according to Ridgway White, president and CEO of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.

Flint River group honors Mott Foundation leader
Ridgway White, wearing army green rubber waders ad a suit, sits on the edge of a cement block that is part of the Hamilton Dam just up river of Saginaw Street in downtown Flint, Michigan, in August 2017.

Environment, Flint Area

Flint River group honors Mott Foundation leader

The Flint River Watershed Coalition honored Ridgway White, president and CEO of the Mott Foundation, for his dedication to improving the Flint River.

Rebuilding trust
A group of four young people wearing matching Fresh Water Crew tshirts stand in a kitchen holding input forms and a water testing bottle.

Environment, Flint Area

Rebuilding trust

Flint teens are helping their hometown recover from the water crisis and restoring community trust in the process

Restoring dinosaurs of the deep
A sturgeon is shown under ripples of water.

Environment

Restoring dinosaurs of the deep

Improving conditions in Michigan’s largest river system have cleared the way for the return of sturgeon, a prehistoric fish species.