November 2025 - MiEHDWIS Updates
MiEHDWIS Monthly Progress Update
Date: November 2025
“Fear not November’s challenge bold. We’ve books and friends, and hearths that never can grow cold. These make amends.”
— Alexander L. Fraser
"The wind that makes music in November corn is in a hurry. The stalks hum, the loose husks whisk skyward in half-playing swirls, and the wind hurries on... A tree tries to argue, bare limbs waving, but there is no detaining the wind."
— Aldo Leopold
“The month of November makes me feel that life is passing more quickly. In an effort to slow it down, I try to fill the hours more meaningfully.”
— Henry Rollins
Release 20 - Timeline & Key Features
Here’s a brief update on the release schedule and what to expect:
Release date: Spring 2026 (tentative)
Filter First work has begun. Development of the new program area “School & Child Care” started with Sprint 133. We are currently on sprint 138. The expected duration is about 42 weeks of development, and we are currently about 13 weeks into development.
To follow each sprint's progress, please check the Sprint timelines.
Configuration and Integration Wins
The configuration team has been busy these last few weeks. This list contains some of the wins that have been completed:
Updated The Bulk Renewal Process for Swimming Pool and Campground's annual licenses renewal
Submitted Step added to the majority of CWS workflows.
This is a big win for transparency with external users and consistency among CWS workflows. The following workflows now have a submitted step.
Bacteriological Results, Chemical and Radiological Monitoring results, Cross Connection Annual Report, Disinfectant Residuals, Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproducts Sampling Plan, Disinfection Byproducts Monitoring Results (TTHM or HAA5), Drinking Water Emergency, Lead and Copper WQP Monitoring Results, Level 1 Assessment, Level 2 Assessment, Monthly Operation Report (MOR), Operational Evaluation Level (OEL) Report, Operator Designation, Other Files, Ownership Change, Plans, Programs, and Studies, Public Notice Documents, Pumpage Annual Report, Purchase or Operations Contract, Site Visit, Standard Specifications, Well/Source Water Documents.
This step already exists in the Consumer Confidence Report and the Construction Permit Activity Workflows.
Updated Dynamic form for CWS Construction Permit
Temporary Campgrounds workflow was published on October 1st.
Since the creation of the workflow there have been several updates based on recommendations for the Local Health Departments to increase transparency regardings fees that need to be paid to the LHDs before an inspection can be scheduled.
Add New Septage Hauler Vehicle and Land Site Activities
Payment support for Septage Hauler License Workflow
New Feature: Workflow Function to Assign tasks to the current assignee instead of the coverage person.
If your workflow assigns tasks based on coverage and you want to change it, submit change request ticket to add the current assignee function to your workflow.
Current configuration work
Updates on the OWM workflow for LHD users
Adding Templates to the Septage Program
Temporary Campgrounds License Denial Form
Creating a new Task for RTCR SSP
MiEHDWIS Notification Template maintenance
Swimming Pool Closing Order workflow, template, and dynamic form
Is there a configuration change you would like to happen? Submit a Request a Change ticket. The process is simple. Once you submit a change request, it is reviewed to see if this is something that is a quick review and change or if it something that needs to be approved on a larger scale. You will meet with the configuration team, to help come up with a solution.
MiEHDWIS Around the Mitten
Last month, Danielle Scripter and Mary Nuznov traveled to Marquette Michigan to present and table at the Michigan Rural Water Association’s UP Conference.
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Temporary Campground Training for Local Health Departments
We hosted a very successful training for Local Health Departments to learn about the new Temporary Campground License process. We had over 80 attendees and an excellent discussion about the process. Due to this we have already been able to successfully implement changes to improve the process.
If you are interested in watching the training or the video update that went out after the training we have it posted on the Local Health Department’s training page.
New and Updated Knowledge Base Articles:
Updated Internal KBAs
https://egledwehditsupport.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IMS/pages/222593025
Updated Use specific Archive Reasons for incorrect activity files ("File was associated with the wrong activity") and wrong entity submissions ("File was associated with the wrong entity").
Clarified the archiving of duplicate files with the reason "File is a duplicate" and replace old files with new ones using "File has been replaced".
Provided instructions for selecting appropriate Archive Reasons when downloading and archiving files from erroneous activities.
https://egledwehditsupport.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IMS/pages/1114046486
Instructions have been added to hold off on addressing duplicate annual report activities due to migration issues.
The migration of Annual Reports database data into MiEHDWIS with Release 19 has been explained, including the creation of activities for each row.
Activities have been converted from a generic Request type to a custom Annual Report type, with duplicates noted for the years 2021-2024.
Ongoing efforts are in place to map migrated data to converted activities to facilitate the deletion of duplicates.
A banner notification for locked activities has been added, along with detailed steps for editing activities and transitioning them back to the end state.
https://egledwehditsupport.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IMS/pages/1114046495
Added information on submitting a ticket to the Internal MiEHDWIS Help Desk for assistance.
Introduced steps for editing locked pumpage activities and handling duplicates due to data migration.
Clarified the creation process of Pumpage Annual Report activities through MiEHDWIS/SDWIS integration.
Explained the process for creating a PUAR Compliance Schedule in SDWIS for compliance determination.
You can access all Knowledge Base articles at Confluence
External User Confluence
Are external users asking questions you can't answer?
Curious about what external users learn about a process?
Visit the External User Confluence page. It offers help articles and videos for MiEHDWIS external users. The site updates regularly with new KBAs, instructional videos, and revised materials.
Upcoming Meetings & Trainings
Here’s a list of important meetings and training sessions to keep on your radar:
MiEHDWIS Weekly Open Office Hours
UPDATED Date & Time: Every other Friday (as needed), 10–10:30 a.m.
Location/Platform: Teams
Details: Open office opportunity for staff to discuss MiEHDWIS and ask questions with the project team. This is an informal session with no planned agenda. Occasionally, this meeting will be used to demonstrate new release features. Attendance is strongly encouraged!
Have a question? Add it to the Open Office Whiteboard so we can address it first on Fridays.
External User Training - Community Water Supply - Annual Reports
Date & Time: Wednesday, November 12th, 2025 at 11 am.
Location/Platform: Virtual Platform
Details: This training is for CWS External Users, and it will be covering the new process for Annual Reports and Cross Connections.
MiEHDWIS Refresher - Session 4 of 4
Date & Time: Monday, December 15th, 2025 at 2pm.
Location/Platform: Virtual Platform
Details: This is the LAST refresher for 2025!
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Current and Upcoming UAT Sprint Cycles
Sprints are two-week development and testing cycles.
Here’s an update on our sprint cycles:
Current Sprint 137: Testing
Build Start Date: Oct 22, 2025
Build End Date: Nov 4, 2025
Testing Start Date: Nov 6, 2025
Testing End Date Testing: Nov 18, 2025
Key Focus Areas:
View/ Add and edit Filter Maintenance data for external users
View Lab Import list
Bulk import Lab Sample Results
Bugs for Personal Dashboard settings
Continued development for Schools and Child Care
Current Sprint 138: Build
Build Start Date: Nov 4, 2025
Build End Date: Nov 17, 2025
Testing Start Date: Nov 20, 2025
Testing End Date Testing: Dec 2, 2025
Key Focus Areas:
Create a Consumptive Fixture Dynamic Form Table
Update Activities searches to read School and Child Care (SCC) fields
change LHD office Field on SCC entity details
Make Entity ID Hyperlink on Customer Portal
Send notifications to SCC through bulk process
Bug fixes for Filter First
Bug fix for Personal Dashboard issues in production
Upcoming Sprint 139
Build Start Date: Nov 18, 2025
Build End Date: Dec 9, 2025
Testing Start Date: Dec 4, 2025
Testing End Date Testing: Dec 16, 2025
Key Focus Areas:
Create workflow function to send email notifications to Contacts and SCC facility administrators
Add/Edit Sample Type to List of Samples and Results on Sampling Activity
Data Binding Fixture fields
Make Certification Areas optional on Annual Certification Activity Details
Continuing Bug fixes
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Important Reminders
What is the process for requesting new training materials?: If you notice that a training material is missing, a KBA needs to be updated, or you would like to request a team or small group training session, please feel free to submit a “Request Training Materials” ticket with the Internal Help Desk.
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Questions & Feedback
If you have any questions or suggestions for the next newsletter, please contact Mary Nuznov, nuznovm@michigan.gov through email or Teams chat.
Thank you so much for your continued support and contributions to the development of MiEHDWIS. The DASU team is dedicated to openness and transparency as we work together to make MiEHDWIS even better. We look forward to the exciting developments ahead.