by Fix MI State | Mar 4, 2020 | Stormwater & Wastewater
April showers are still a while off but now is a good time to start thinking about ways to help keep our rivers and lakes clean by managing stormwater. Stormwater is what ends up on the ground and in our waterways as the result of rainfall or snowmelt. Stormwater...
by Fix MI State | Feb 26, 2020 | Stormwater & Wastewater
Weeks after township officials ordered “no body contact” with Four Mile Creek, a body of water that feeds the Muskegon River and passes under Muskegon Community College, that advisory has been lifted. Recent testing of the waters came back within quality standards,...
by Fix MI State | Feb 17, 2020 | Stormwater & Wastewater
Forecasts for Great Lakes water levels to keep rising means Michigan’s related costs will climb into the hundreds of millions of dollars as the state confronts the impact. That’s the initial conclusion offered by directors of state agencies after the first statewide...
by Fix MI State | Feb 10, 2020 | Stormwater & Wastewater
Michigan’s infrastructure is in tough shape, from potholed roads and deteriorating bridges to aging sewers and dams in dire need of maintenance. A panel appointed by former Gov. Rick Snyder in 2016 following the Flint water crisis concluded Michigan needed $4 billion...
by Fix MI State | Jan 3, 2020 | Stormwater & Wastewater
A broken force main pipe on Bunton Road caused about 50 gallons of sewage to overflow in Augusta Township on New Year’s Eve, the line’s owner announced Thursday. F&V Operations and Resource Management said on Jan. 2 that the old pipe had reached the end of its...
by Fix MI State | Dec 30, 2019 | Stormwater & Wastewater
Heavy rains that have drenched Michigan since the weekend are being blamed for separate sewage discharges into the Saginaw River. Officials from the Saginaw and Bay City wastewater treatment plants reported separate discharges of partly treated sewage Monday, Dec. 30,...
