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,...
by Fix MI State | Dec 9, 2019 | Stormwater & Wastewater
Some sewage pumps around Lake Mitchell are more than twice as old as they should be. The Lake Mitchell sewer system was built in the late 1970s. Some of the pumps that keep raw sewage moving in the right direction — away from the lake and into pipes that go to...
by Fix MI State | Dec 2, 2019 | Stormwater & Wastewater
More frequent and intense rainstorms. Elevated heat and humidity. High water levels and increased shoreline erosion. The realities of climate change, combined with aging and outmoded stormwater infrastructure, create a crisis for Great Lakes stormwater managers. The...
by Fix MI State | Nov 15, 2019 | Stormwater & Wastewater
Michigan should spend the billions of dollars required to improve its fresh and storm water infrastructure, along the way creating thousands of new jobs and other economic dividends, according to a report from the advocacy group Environmental Entrepreneurs. While...
by Fix MI State | Oct 15, 2019 | Stormwater & Wastewater
Heavy rains last week caused roughly 11 million gallons of sewage and storm water to pour into the Grand and Red Cedar rivers. More than 10 million gallons poured into the Grand River and roughly 470,000 gallons into the Red Cedar River. A public access point on the...
