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The decision to permanently chlorinate the city’s water starting this month came after a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak dating back to April 2023.
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Grand Rapids Public Utilities' decision comes after months of testing and analysis. The city's outbreak has lasted over a year, with three new cases in the last 10 days.
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Grand Rapids Public Utilities said the YMCA and Itasca County Jail returned positive samples from Department of Health testing in December, and the jail tested positive again in February.
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Grand Rapids Public Utilities and the Minnesota Department of Health will share updates on the city's Legionnaires' disease outbreak at a Yanmar Arena meeting.
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Grand Rapids is addressing the Legionnaires' outbreak with the Department of Health collaboration and considering a potential chlorination system installation.
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Judge James E. LaFave says the company’s solution for storing waste at the site by lining a tailings pond with bentonite clay is not a “practicable or workable reclamation technique.”
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The council unanimously agreed to direct staff to pursue a claim in this class action lawsuit with a group of companies known as DuPont.
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The lake is near the shuttered Dunka taconite mining site. The site was closed almost 30 years ago and has long been a source of concern for water quality advocates.
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This is often the time of year when new infestations are discovered as people remove equipment from the water, the DNR stated.
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Part of the cultural event was what organizers described as impromptu tours to nearby sites, including the Talon Metals mine site and the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline corridor, pointing out nearby lakes, rivers and wetlands.