by Fix MI State | Jul 31, 2020 | Stormwater & Wastewater
A lot of things come in threes. Rings at the circus. Strikes. Stooges. French hens. Little pigs. Wheels on a tricycle. Flavors in Neapolitan ice cream. And apparently sewage spills into West Grand Traverse Bay during summertime downpours. That is if the most recent...
by Fix MI State | Jul 31, 2020 | Stormwater & Wastewater
More than seven miles of Traverse City’s sewer lines are buried lower than Lake Michigan’s latest, record-high level. There’s a good chance they’re beneath groundwater levels, so water could be coming in at every crack and failing joint. City Municipal Utilities...
by Fix MI State | Jul 20, 2020 | Stormwater & Wastewater
More raw sewage was spilled into Traverse City’s Boardman River. This is at least the third time this summer that this has happened following heavy rains. The Grand Traverse County Health Department issued a no body contact advisory for waters connected to the river....
by Fix MI State | Jul 9, 2020 | Stormwater & Wastewater
Record heat isn’t the only thing breaking in the city of Detroit, over the past week in a half, there have been over 80 water main breaks. “84 in the last 10 days, we have about 39 that were working on right now,” said Director Detroit Water and Sewerage Department...
by Fix MI State | Jun 16, 2020 | Stormwater & Wastewater
Data shows a gush of raw sewage into West Grand Traverse Bay last month was the largest of its kind in decades. And experts worry similar spills, and the conditions that cause them, will become more commonplace as climate change drives more frequent weather extremes....
by Fix MI State | Jun 16, 2020 | Stormwater & Wastewater
Aging infrastructure continues to pose challenges in northern Michigan, with East Bay and Acme townships faced with traffic backups as crews tackle a million-dollar-plus sewer repair project and Traverse City plagued with sewage backups as its own decades-old pipes...
