by Fix MI State | Oct 25, 2017 | Dams & Other, Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
(WWJ) Repairs should begin this morning on the broken water main in west Oakland County that is affecting more than 300,000 people. WWJ’s Charlie Langton was there when a new section of water main arrived at the site of Monday night’s break in Farmington Hills....
by Fix MI State | Oct 25, 2017 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Stormwater & Wastewater
More than a quarter of a million people in Michigan’s richest county have to boil their drinking water this week. If you haven’t heard, that’s because a four-foot wide water transmission line apparently broke in Farmington Hills Monday night. This has gotten a lot of...
by Fix MI State | Oct 24, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater, Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
The danger of tap-water contamination has spurred a boil water advisory across a wide area of Oakland County, affecting more than 300,000 people in Bloomfield Township, Farmington Hills, Novi, Walled Lake and other communities. About 51,000 residents remain without...
by Fix MI State | Oct 18, 2017 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Stormwater & Wastewater
A new policy to oversee community emergency drinking water systems in Monroe County would address contamination of private water wells and accidents like the natural gas spill in Raisinville Township in September. Mark Hammond, director of the county emergency...
by Fix MI State | Oct 17, 2017 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
ALBION, Mich. — A water main break in the alley adjacent to Stoffer Plaza has prompted a boil advisory for businesses in the area. City officials, in a written announcement on the break, said the boil water advisory applies only to the businesses Fedco, Illusions, Dr....
by Fix MI State | Oct 15, 2017 | Dams & Other, Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
Why the Soo Locks keep coming up on Michigan lawmakers’ priority lists Michigan’s Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie are a connector for shipping iron, coal, grain and other materials from the shores of Lake Superior to the rest of the country. In 2016,...
