by Fix MI State | Dec 14, 2017 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Stormwater & Wastewater
Bay Mills Indian Community will develop approximately 90 new home sites, thanks to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s decision to award the tribe grants totaling $4 million to develop water and sewer systems. Two separate grants, totaling $2 million each, will fund...
by Fix MI State | Dec 12, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater, Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
GLADSTONE — A $770,004 state grant that will fund the creation of plans to manage Gladstone’s stormwater and wastewater infrastructure as well as pay for a study to update the city’s wastewater plant were accepted by commissioners during their regular meeting Monday....
by Fix MI State | Dec 11, 2017 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Stormwater & Wastewater
BELMONT, MI — Plainfield Township is taking steps to remove all fluorochemicals from its municipal water supply even though officials say it’s already safe to drink. The Township Board voted unanimously Monday night, Dec. 11, to approve $400,000 in...
by Fix MI State | Nov 19, 2017 | Roads & Bridges, Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Stormwater & Wastewater
It took driving on potholed roads for years to awaken Michigan residents to the need for infrastructure investment that was visible to the eye. The same message about infrastructure we can’t see has gone unheeded for years, despite Flint and Fraser. Perhaps with...
by Fix MI State | Nov 17, 2017 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Stormwater & Wastewater
LANSING, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU) — Macomb County lawmakers are concerned about contaminants in Lake St. Clair. Some lawmakers say the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality dropped the ball. Right now many Macomb County families won’t drink the water coming from...
by Fix MI State | Nov 13, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater
In September, Isabella County Commissionersapproved a resolution in favor of ensuring that a home’s septic system is inspected before it is sold. Why are people pushing for these new inspections? Because Michigan’s rivers, lakes and streams ‒ including the Chippewa...
