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...

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...