Minnesota Sea Grant’s One Block project is helping people in vulnerable Great Lakes communities improve their resilience to the effects of flooding through equitable and inclusive stormwater management.

Changing precipitation patterns are affecting communities. People in communities across the Great Lakes are experiencing water challenges including flooding and damage to homes, businesses, and community infrastructure and degraded water quality of streams and lakes.

The Hazards Are Real

• In April 2018, the Husky Energy Refinery in Superior, Wisconsin, was shutting down in preparation for a five-week turnaround when an explosion occurred, sending several people to area hospitals with injuries.
• In July 2010, the Enbridge Line 6B Pipeline ruptured contaminating the Kalamazoo River in Michigan and resulting in one of the largest inland oil spills in U.S.