DETROIT (AP) — The Southeast Michigan Council of Governments general assembly has adopted a plan aimed at protecting the region's water resources.

The plan emphasizes the importance of integrated management of water resources to advance tourism, recreation, economic development, protection of natural resources and water infrastructure.

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A type of plankton found in many parts of the world has turned up in the Great Lakes.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says Cornell University researchers detected the creature in a water sample taken from Lake Erie last year.

The rotifer species is called Brachionus leydigii, a non-native invertebrate.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The head of the Environmental Protection Agency has discussed a federal water rule with Indiana officials, but environmental groups say they weren't included in the conversation.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — A sewer pipe break caused by last week's heavy rain has spilled millions of gallons of raw sewage into a central New York lake.

The Post-Standard of Syracuse reports (http://bit.ly/2eUpoEC ) Onondaga County has told the state Department of Environmental Conservation that a 42-inch diameter pipe near Syracuse's Inner Harbor broke Friday during a period when it rained for nearly an entire day.