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Know Your Water

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Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy

Know Your Water

Print

Below are flyers, fact sheets and posters that offer guidance on how to reduce risk and take action by testing and filtering water. These assets can be used for print and/or digital distribution.

Lead in the body can cause health problems.

Health Effects Infographic

Lead can be found in a wide variety of products in your home, including older paint, faucets and plumbing materials. You cannot see, taste or smell lead in your water. Lead in tap water can cause health problems in people of all ages. Young children and pregnant people are most at risk.

Sources of Lead Infographic

You can't see, taste or smell lead in your water, but you can FILTER IT.

Risk Reduction Flyer

FACT: You can't see, taste or smell lead in water, but you can TAKE ACTION.

Risk Reduction Posters

Lead in tap water is a health risk you shouldn't ignore.

Health and Sources Posters

FACT: Boiling water does NOT remove lead.

Filtering Posters

Don't forget! Replace water filter cartridges frequently, clean faucet screens at least every 6 months, boiling water does not remove lead

Risk Reduction Magnets

Fact Sheet: How to reduce lead in your tap water

Risk Reduction FAQ

Fact Sheet: Sources & Health Risks of lead in tap water

Health and Sources FAQ

Step-by-Step: How to check your plumbing

Check Your Plumbing Step-by-Step

How to filter your tap water with a faucet-mounted filter

Filtering Step-by-Step

TALKING POINTS: Lead in tap water

Talking Points

Social

Below are social media posts with language and visuals. These posts focus on risk reduction, lead line replacement, the sources and health risks of lead exposure and water testing.

social media post example for risk reduction with "Know your water."

Risk Reduction

Social - Health and Sources with examples of social media

Health and Sources

social media example posts for water testing

Water Testing

Email and Newsletter

Below are language and visuals that you can share as stand-alone emails or include in your current newsletter communications to help teach Michiganders in your community about lead in tap water and how to reduce risk of exposure. These materials can be clicked on to download and use.

Know your water.

Email and Newsletter

Statewide Drinking Water Advisory Council

MiLead Safe

FAQ

Information provided by the Michigan Statewide Drinking Water Advisory Council.