Urban flooding, especially in a country like India, which sees annual monsoons, can have serious economic consequences. Rising water levels also cause structural damage to properties within the immediate flooding influence zone. Even less expensive areas of a city may not see demand reduce because of flooding, because the need for accommodation there is driven by nearby or connected workplace …
PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A federal judge on Wednesday approved a settlement with a western Michigan footwear company that faced a lawsuit over groundwater tainted with potentially harmful “forever” chemicals that are turning up in drinking water across the industrial state. Wolverine Worldwide did not admit liability, but it agreed to pay $69.5 million in a consent decree with the …
PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Two western Michigan townships reached a tentative settlement with a footwear company in a federal lawsuit over contaminated water, officials announced Tuesday. The tentative deal between Plainfield and Algoma townships and Wolverine World Wide calls for the company to pay $69.5 million toward extending a municipal water system to about 1,000 homes. Additionally, the company would …
