900 gallons of sewage spills into Kalamazoo neighborhoods

by Fix MI State | Apr 9, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater

KALAMAZOO, MI — More than 900 gallons of sewage flowed out of two locations in the city of Kalamazoo Saturday. First, the city’s Department of Public Services was notified at 12:14 p.m. of a sanitary sewer overflow from a manhole located east of 2024...

Partially treated sewage released into Shiawassee River

by Fix MI State | Apr 8, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater

SHIAWASSEE COUNTY, MI – Hundreds of thousands of gallons of partially treated sewage has been released after a sanitary system overflow at waste water treatment plants in Owosso and Durand. The Friday, April 7 announcement from Casey Elliott, environmental...

Life near Fraser sinkhole: Dirt, drills, stench — and higher assessments

by Fix MI State | Apr 8, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater

The chilly spring wind was blowing the right way Wednesday. Residents on Eberlein Drive in Fraser caught a reprieve. The stench of human excrement wasn’t wafting through the neighborhood — this afternoon. But the hum of earth movers and the rattle of construction...

Governor Rick Snyder seeks to map Michigan’s infrastructure

by Fix MI State | Apr 3, 2017 | Dams & Other, Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Roads & Bridges, Stormwater & Wastewater

Gov. Rick Snyder announced a pilot program today to start mapping the state’s infrastructure assets — including, roads, bridges, sewer lines, gas lines, electric lines, storm water pipes — in a digital system that would show them in 3D. “Modern infrastructure is...

Wet weather leads to sewage overflow into Flint River

by Fix MI State | Mar 31, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater

FLINT, MI – Sewage and storm water were discharged from the city’s wastewater treatment plant into the Flint River early Friday morning and health officials urge people to avoid contact downstream, the city said in a statement. The discharge was from the...

Nation’s infrastructure earns D+ grade in new scorecard

by Fix MI State | Mar 10, 2017 | Dams & Other, Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Roads & Bridges, Stormwater & Wastewater

LANSING — The nation’s infrastructure — from roads to dams to drinking water — is still close to failing. Four years after its last check-in, the American Society of Civil Engineers again gave the nation’s infrastructure an overall grade of D+, the same...