by Fix MI State | Jul 19, 2018 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
Amid a blistering summer swelter, there has been something affecting Michiganders statewide: the number of park and beach closures as a result of abnormal levels of toxicity. Bacteria is so prevalent that the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, or MDEQ,...
by Fix MI State | Jul 19, 2018 | Stormwater & Wastewater
Infrastructure underlies and supports modern society. Roads and bridges, a reliable and efficient power grid, clean water, and advanced communications technology are the backbone of the economy. Infrastructure investment has driven our state’s and nation’s greatest...
by Fix MI State | Jul 18, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
Officials broke ground on the Gordie Howe International Bridge project Tuesday morning in Detroit’s Delray neighborhood, noting the project is about friendly U.S.-Canada relations, as well as jobs. Gov. Rick Snyder, joining leaders from Canada and Detroit to...
by Fix MI State | Jul 18, 2018 | Stormwater & Wastewater
The city of Ishpeming is moving along with their 12 million dollar water infrastructure replacement project. According to city officials, everything is right on schedule. The project consists of replacing aging pipes all across the city with new iron pipes that have a...
by Fix MI State | Jul 16, 2018 | Stormwater & Wastewater
A sewage lagoon for Sunset Ridge mobile homes near Portland dumped 2.5 million gallons of partially treated sewage into the Grand River between June 30 and July 2. It wasn’t a planned dump. A report to the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality by...
by Fix MI State | Jul 16, 2018 | Stormwater & Wastewater
Water main breaks are commonplace when the weather is cold. When the thermometer pushes 90 degrees? Not so much. That’s why it was odd to see several happen this week. Several breaks were reported Wednesday across western Wayne County, though it doesn’t...
by Fix MI State | Jul 16, 2018 | Stormwater & Wastewater
George Cotton said the water had nowhere to go, “Uh, I would say 3-4 feet,” said George Cotton. The water flooded his basement, “You can see all the water and debris floating around and so forth,” said Cotton. A water main broke in front of his home on Friday, “It...
by Fix MI State | Jul 16, 2018 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
Water is central to Michigan’s identity. It is home to 104,252 square miles of water, the most in the contiguous United States. It has 11,000 inland lakes and 3,400miles of shoreline (Austin, Good, and Kolluri 2017). Water is vital to Michigan’s economy, and is used...
by Fix MI State | Jul 10, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
Recently this newspaper asked why 2,000-year-old Roman roads are still in good shape when Michigan pavements seem to decay regularly. A few years ago, at the request of legislators, my bureau at the Michigan Department of Transportation prepared pavement designs and...
by Fix MI State | Jul 9, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
Drivers should brace themselves for more cases of “buckling” roads so long as hot weather persists. Recent high temperatures in the 90s caused buckling on three Lansing-area highways at least six times since Saturday. Particularly troublesome was...
