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...

3 Threats to Michigan’s Water Way of Life

by Fix MI State | Mar 1, 2017 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Stormwater & Wastewater

People who know Michigan know water is especially important here. Water is our way of life. Water is where we play. Water is our childhood summer memories. Water is swimming, fishing, boating, canoeing, kayaking and camping at our lakes and rivers. Water is also big...

Pipe repaired after nearly 2M gallons of sewage leaks into Grand River

by Fix MI State | Mar 1, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater

GRAND HAVEN, MI – A hole in a wastewater pipe running under the Grand River caused nearly 2 million gallons of sewage to leak into the waterway that empties into Lake Michigan. The repairs to the hole in the 45-year-old, heavy-duty ductile iron pipe were...

Broken pipe spills 2,000 gallons of sewage in Bedford

by Fix MI State | Feb 22, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater

Corrections and clarifications: This story has been updated to correct the location of the spill’s address. It happened in Bedford Township. About 2,000 gallons of sanitary sewage spilled from a Bedford Township lift station Tuesday. A report from the city of...

Major surgery, not band aids, needed to fix Michigan’s crumbling infrastructure

by Fix MI State | Feb 20, 2017 | Dams & Other, Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Roads & Bridges, Stormwater & Wastewater

Governor Snyder’s recently released 21st Century Infrastructure Commission’s report confirmed, in spades, what many of us already knew; Michigan’s transportation, water, energy and communications infrastructure is in very bad shape. The report...