by Fix MI State | May 30, 2018 | Stormwater & Wastewater
An estimated 1,500 to 2,000 gallons of sanitary sewage was discharged following a sewer main break in Fort Gratiot Thursday. A resident reported the leak at the corner of Helen Avenue and Krafft Road to the township department of public works about 12:30 p.m....
by Fix MI State | May 29, 2018 | Stormwater & Wastewater
A health advisory has been issued after more than 8,000 gallons (30,283 liters) of raw sewage spilled into northern Michigan wetlands that are connected to Grand Traverse Bay. The Grand Traverse County Health Department says the spill in Acme Township happened Tuesday...
by Fix MI State | May 22, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
Ann Arbor officials acknowledge the city’s streets are in rough shape and they say they want to change that, but it could take several years of catching up. “It took time for our roads to get this bad, and it will take time to make them better,”...
by Fix MI State | May 22, 2018 | Dams & Other
Work has been approved for a Flint dam that has needed improvements since the late 1970s. City council passed a resolution last week approving a $322,000 contract with Fisher Contracting Co. for repairs at the Kearsley Dam. The move came months after the city’s...
by Fix MI State | May 22, 2018 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
More than 300 homes in Kalamazoo’s Edison neighborhood will no longer be connected to lead water service lines after this summer. More than 302 lead service lines will be replaced after a $1.9 million contract was awarded to Comstock-based SWT Excavating, Inc....
by Fix MI State | May 17, 2018 | Stormwater & Wastewater
A joint meeting between two parties invested in the Livingston Regional Sewer System took place in Hartland Township. Members of the Livingston County Department of Public Works Board met with the Hartland Township Board of Trustees, Tuesday evening. Hartland Township...
by Fix MI State | May 17, 2018 | Stormwater & Wastewater
A Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) occurred from 8:03 p.m. to 11:36 p.m. on on May 9. The reported discharge is from a private or municipal separate sewer collection system (not wastewater treatment plant) during wet or dry weather, or a dry weather discharge from a...
by Fix MI State | May 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
There’s no denying Michigan’s core infrastructure is in desperate need of investment. But rather than working to upgrade and maintain these aging systems in a fiscally responsible way, some local governments are artificially inflating the cost of projects in their...
by Fix MI State | May 17, 2018 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
Standing on a fishing pier experiencing its first spring fishing season, federal and local officials recognized completion of Clinton River Spillway improvements recently completed thanks to funding provided by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI). Macomb...
by Fix MI State | May 17, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
A failed drain pipe created a large sinkhole at the corner of 5 Point Highway and Stine Road south of Charlotte. The sinkhole opened up Sunday afternoon. The Eaton County Road Commission believes the drain failed sometime in the last couple weeks. The problem is...
