by Fix MI State | Oct 30, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater, Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
FLINT, MI — Seventy-one water systems in Michigan now have higher lead levels than the city of Flint, results of the most recent federally-required testing shows. Water sampling in Flint from January through June showed the city’s 90th percentile for lead...
by Fix MI State | Oct 26, 2017 | Dams & Other, Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Roads & Bridges, Stormwater & Wastewater
The U.S. economy is the largest in the world, topping a GDP of $18.6 trillion in 2016. An economic powerhouse as massive and diversified as the United States depends on a network of highways, bridges, airports, and dams to thrive. And while the economy has grown every...
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, Roads & Bridges
SAGINAW, MI — Heavy rains in Mid-Michigan since Sunday have sparked flood warnings and forecasts of minor river flooding. The National Weather Service issued a flood warning Tuesday morning, Oct. 24, for Isabella, Clare and parts of Arenac counties. Roscommon,...
by Fix MI State | Oct 24, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater, Roads & Bridges
GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU) — Heavy rain is causing some rough conditions for drivers in parts of Grand Traverse County. Tuesday morning Grand Traverse County Central Dispatch posted warnings on its Facebook page of several areas of concern for...
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...
