MI HR0142

Expresses support for reinstating the real-time water quality monitoring network that operated between Lake Huron and Lake Erie since 2006, which protected drinking water for over 4 million people in southeast Michigan.

The original monitoring system detected oil spills, chemical leaks, and contaminants from 14 treatment plants between Port Huron and Monroe, having received over $3 million in legislative appropriations before deteriorating due to lack of funding.

Calls for establishing similar monitoring networks across the state to provide early warning systems for contamination, citing the system's demonstrated effectiveness in detecting a 2011 paper mill spill and the risk from approximately 60 Canadian petrochemical plants upstream.

Directs copies of the resolution be transmitted to the Governor, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Director, and county commissioners of Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair, Washtenaw, and Wayne Counties.