Vision

Access to clean water is a fundamental human right, and essential for public health. Unfortunately, many communities in the Great Lakes Basin lack access to clean, safe, and affordable drinking water due to various issues, including household water shutoffs, lead contamination, failing infrastructure, emerging contaminants, and pollution of groundwater resources. Moreover, private interests are profiting from the extraction and bottling of public water, depleting Great Lakes tributaries, and endangering wildlife and personal wells. Climate change exacerbates surface water level changes, and the decaying Line 5 oil pipelines in the Straits of Mackinac pose a significant threat to the Great Lakes. At FLOW, we believe in empowering communities, citizens, and organizations to assert their water rights and provide bold strategies for action rooted in law and science.

Goals

1. 1.Great Lakes Protection: FLOW is working to shut down Line 5 to prevent a massive oil spill from the decaying pipelines that cross the open waters of the Straits of Mackinac
2. 2.Groundwater Protection: FLOW strives to protect MI groundwater. We're working to pass a statewide septic code for inspections, sustainable funding, and affordability for septic owners
3. 3.Keeping Our Water Public: We empower residents to understand their rights under the public trust doctrine - a durable legal doctrine that grants 40 million citizens legal access to Great Lakes waters