Join the Water Infrastructure Task Force by phone or online: https://loggedin.semcog.org/IMIS_SEMCOG/Events/Events/Event_Display.aspx?EventKey=TF060922&WebsiteKey=346ba721-3255-4fb4-9ea6-899d0eb35a62

📎 It isn’t an agenda, but here’s an overview of their meeting schedule and discussion topics: https://loggedin.semcog.org/IMIS_SEMCOG/Events/Events/Event_Display.aspx?EventKey=TF060922&WebsiteKey=346ba721-3255-4fb4-9ea6-899d0eb35a62

Today’s topics:

• Infrastructure coordination
• Funding
• Public education
• Resilience
• Workforce development https://t.co/yQ74ORjVDc

❓ The Water Infrastructure Task Force was founded this year by the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG). They aim to update the 2018 Water Resources Plan, which dictates how SEMCOG manages water quality in southeast Michigan.

Their website: https://semcog.org/about-semcog/committees#la-3506669-water-infrastructure-task-force

Your co-chairs of the Water Infrastructure Task Force:

• Palencia Mobley (@DetroitWaterDep deputy director)
• Jim Nash (@OakGov water resources commissioner)

🏃 Need to catch up on the Water Infrastructure Task Force? See @PauldubbWarner’s tweets from their last meeting: https://twitter.com/PauldubbWarner/status/1514649943008583682

See our past SEMCOG reporting: https://detroit.documenters.org/reporting/?search=southeast+michigan+council+of+governments

We’ll have more notes, archived documents, and a recording from this meeting: https://detroit.documenters.org/assignments/semcog-water-infrastructure-task-force-3984/

🗞 In recent news… Summer rainstorms pose a threat to many Detroiters, who may need to protect their homes against flooding. @j_e_n_a_b and @HerbergRadio discussed how prepare: https://wdet.org/2022/06/03/how-residents-can-prepare-for-floods/

For decades, Michigan water prices have risen quicker than other services. Water authorities have been developing assistance programs, but for now, many southeast Michiganers can’t afford water. @waltonwater reports for @circleofblue: https://www.circleofblue.org/2022/world/high-cost-of-water-hits-home/

Find something inaccurate? Email documenters@outliermedia.org with the subject “Correction Request”. I’ll add corrections at the end.

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That’s my pre-meeting wrap. See you at 01:00 PM!

Back after an egg-and-vegan cheese sandwich. (It was delicious.) Meeting is not yet online FYI. https://t.co/CNpEoCpE1d

The online meeting is open! SEMCOG’s Kelly Karli says we’ll start in a few minutes. https://t.co/gousFGDRhR

⌚️ At 01:03 PM, the meeting starts anyways! Lindsey Kerkez introduces the meeting. We’re focusing on drinking and wastewater today, Downriver, Oakland County, and statewide water quality practices.… https://t.co/WrQQbDNXZt