Dam breach sends contaminated sediment downstream in Paw Paw

by Fix MI State | Oct 15, 2017 | Dams & Other, Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters

PAW PAW, MI — A 113-year-old dam separating Briggs Pond and Maple Lake in Paw Paw was breached after weekend storms brought more than six inches of rain to Southwest Michigan. Spectators gathered at the dam Sunday, watching the fast moving current carry sediment...

Advocates call on feds to invest in Detroit’s water infrastructure

by Fix MI State | Oct 6, 2017 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Stormwater & Wastewater

The Detroit branch NAACP hosted an event Friday to raise awareness about Detroit’s aging water infrastructure, and to call on the federal government to update and repair it. Detroit’s situation is part of a nationwide infrastructure crisis, but the need is...

Boil water advisory issued in South Haven after water main break

by Fix MI State | Oct 6, 2017 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters

SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) – City officials in South Haven have issued a boil water advisory after a water main break in the 9200 block of Blue Star Highway Thursday evening. In order to repair the break, Department of Public Works crews have shut down...

Potterville residents told to boil water ‘until further notice’

by Fix MI State | Oct 5, 2017 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters

POTTERVILLE – Potterville residents are being advised to boil their water until further notice after a water main break on Wednesday. The city had a “complete loss of pressure” at 11:45 p.m. Wednesday, city officials wrote on Facebook early Thursday...

How much is clean water worth?

by Fix MI State | Oct 2, 2017 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters

Back in early summer I went to see Candice Miller, the former congresswoman who is now Macomb County Public Works Commissioner. She was mainly concerned with dealing with the now-famous sewer collapse that happened in Sterling Heights last Christmas. Miller is far...

At Lake St. Clair town hall, residents sound off on E. coli, mucky shorelines

by Fix MI State | Oct 2, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater, Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters

Why are shoreline water quality problems still happening on Lake St. Clair? About 300 area residents asked variations on that question to state environmental regulators, local health department officials and other leaders Monday, at a town hall meeting on the state of...