by Fix MI State | Aug 28, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater, Roads & Bridges
DETROIT – Parts of Wayne, Macomb and Oakland counties are under a flood warning until 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, the National Weather Service announced. The National Weather Service previously issued a flash flood warning for all three counties, but it expired at 9:45...
by Fix MI State | Aug 26, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater
ANN ARBOR, MI – The city of Ann Arbor has reported another raw sewage spill reaching the Huron River. At about 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 24, the city’s water treatment plant received a call on its after-hours line reporting a water main break. Upon...
by Fix MI State | Aug 10, 2017 | Dams & Other, Stormwater & Wastewater
The Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner’s Office is continuing repair and replace parts of Pontiac’s aging water and sewer systems. Over 50 percent of the water system in the city is over 80-years old, with an estimated cost of $90 million projected for...
by Fix MI State | Aug 8, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater, Dams & Other
The City of Midland Wastewater Plant has notified the public of a sanitary sewer overflow event that occurred Monday night. A break in a sanitary sewer force main was discovered underneath N. Saginaw Road between Hillcrest Road and W. St. Andrews Road in Midland on...
by Fix MI State | Aug 7, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater, Dams & Other
During the more than half-century of their existence, three major drains carrying storm water runoff — and possibly raw sewage — directly into Lake St. Clair have never been inspected. Until now. Starting this week, the drains that empty — unscreened and untreated...
by Fix MI State | Aug 2, 2017 | Roads & Bridges, Stormwater & Wastewater
Storms that hit metro Detroit this evening sent lightning cracking to the ground and caused street flooding in Wayne County, snarling drivers at the peak of rush hour. More rain could fall Thursday before temperatures cool down this weekend. The storms that began...
