After all that southeast Michigan rain, get ready for sewer overflows

by Fix MI State | Oct 3, 2016 | Stormwater & Wastewater

Flooded basements and highways won’t be the only unpleasant impacts from last week’s pounding rains in southeast Michigan. Significant sewer overflows are also on tap, according to an official with the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. The overflows, a...

Detroit keeps flooding. What’s being done about it?

by Fix MI State | Sep 29, 2016 | Stormwater & Wastewater

Detroit is once again dealing with flash floods after an intense rainfall Thursday. Infrastructure issues are a big part of why the area has experienced serious flooding multiple times in the past two years, most notably after a 2014 flood that caused damage across...

St. Clair River finally seeing healthier waters

by Fix MI State | Sep 9, 2016 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters

MARYSVILLE, Mich. — On a hot, humid and sultry Wednesday when a dip in the St. Clair River seemed the rational thing to do, officials, volunteers and just plain folks gathered at the Marysville Golf Course to celebrate the fact that it’s OK to swim in the river....

DWSD board approves new drainage fee policy

by Fix MI State | Sep 7, 2016 | Stormwater & Wastewater

The city’s Board of Water Commissioners on Wednesday unanimously adopted a policy that allows Detroit’s water department to implement a new drainage charge program. The Water and Sewerage Department unveiled the multiphase plan last month that’s designed to transition...

Detroit banks on green infrastructure to rescue city from heavy rains

by Fix MI State | Sep 1, 2016 | Stormwater & Wastewater

Detroit has a water problem. Or, more correctly, it has a stormwater problem. Every time it rains, Detroit officials cross their fingers in hopes the city’s antiquated sewer system can handle the volume of stormwater that gets flushed into thousands of drains in...