by Fix MI State | Jan 9, 2018 | Roads & Bridges, Dams & Other, Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Stormwater & Wastewater
Repairing Michigan’s infrastructure is at the forefront of voters’ minds heading into the November election, according to a statewide survey of 600 residents by Lansing-based polling firm EPIC-MRA. A quarter of respondents chose fixing Michigan’s...
by Fix MI State | Jan 9, 2018 | Stormwater & Wastewater
CHARLEVOIX — A late night water line break on Monday in Charlevoix caused little service disruption because of the city’s infrastructure work last spring. Charlevoix City Manager Mark Heydluaff said the break occurred around 11:30 p.m. Monday in front of the...
by Fix MI State | Jan 9, 2018 | Stormwater & Wastewater
EATON COUTNY, Mich. (WLNS) – On any given day, many people don’t think twice about their pipes or drains. But where all that sewage ends up can be essential to public health, especially when it ends up in the wrong places. “Illicit discharges are a way that raw sewage...
by Fix MI State | Jan 9, 2018 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Stormwater & Wastewater
LANSING, MI – Michigan lawmakers return to the Capitol this week, kicking off the final year of the 2017-2018 legislative session. Caucus leaders have wide-ranging goals, from water quality to mental health. Here are five issues that are front-of-mind as...
by Fix MI State | Jan 5, 2018 | Roads & Bridges, Dams & Other, Stormwater & Wastewater
Standing along 15 Mile Road last month as we prepared to cut the ribbon to officially re-open the road after our $75 million repair job, I was struck by the fact that just a year earlier, no one knew we would have such a massive problem on our hands. The sinkhole that...
by Fix MI State | Dec 20, 2017 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Stormwater & Wastewater
Turns out that sewage and storm drains are believed to be mixing in two locations in Warren. The drains empty into Lake St. Clair. Responding to a complaint from a citizen, Candice Miller, the Macomb County Public Works Commissioner began an investigation that...
