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...
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...
by Fix MI State | Feb 20, 2017 | Dams & Other, Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Roads & Bridges, Stormwater & Wastewater
Governor Rick Snyder is making a push toward fixing Michigan’s infrastructure. One statewide construction agency is trying to figure out the most cost effective way to fix the roads, bridges, and sewers. Before the state throws money at its infrastructure, it needs...
by Fix MI State | Feb 15, 2017 | Dams & Other
While Michigan faces no potential dam collapse disasters like the worsening situation in Oroville, Calif., the Great Lakes State has thousands of dams that are aging, under-maintained and pose localized risks. The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality oversees...
by Fix MI State | Feb 9, 2017 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Dams & Other, Roads & Bridges, Stormwater & Wastewater
Michigan voters rank fixing infrastructure — roads, bridges, dams, drinking water systems and sewer systems —as the top problem facing the state, according to a new survey conducted by EPIC-MRA for FixMIState. Nearly 31 percent of voters said fixing the state’s...
