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Center Line is a city in Macomb County in the U.S. state of Michigan. An inner-ring suburb of Metro Detroit , Center Line is located roughly 11 miles (17.7 km) north of downtown Detroit , and is completely surrounded by the larger city of Warren .
Flint built its first water treatment plant (now defunct) in 1917. The city built a second plant in 1952. [2] At the time of Flint's population peak and economic height (when the city was the center of the automobile industry), Flint's plants pumped 100 million gallons (380,000 m 3) of water per day.
A sharp increase in water-borne disease, including typhoid fever, in the area led the Michigan State Health Department to mandate a new treatment facility be constructed. In 1935, the city applied to the Public Works Administration for a $45,000 grant to cover 45% of the cost of the new facility. The grant was approved, and voters approved the ...
Detroit Water and Sewerage Department Director Gary Brown announces that despite residents receiving notices about lead service lines, the city's drinking water is safe. Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024.
In Michigan, most local government functions — police and fire, building and zoning, tax assessment, street maintenance, etc. — are the responsibility of individual cities and townships. The Macomb Intermediate School District serves all school districts based in the county.
The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department is a sprawling network covering 1,079 square-miles, [1] [3] servicing more than 40 percent of the U.S. state of Michigan's population, [1] and employing nearly 2,000 people. [4]
The city covers a 6-by-6-mile (9.7 by 9.7 km) square (from 8 Mile Road to 14 Mile Road, south to north) in the southwest corner of Macomb County (minus the city of Center Line, which is a small city totally enclosed within Warren). Warren shares its entire southern border with the northern border of the Detroit city limits.
Michigan has almost 1,200 public and private beaches on lakes and rivers. [7] The Michigan Department of Natural Resources operates six fish hatcheries and stocks game fish in many lakes and rivers. [8] The state has over 1,300 boating access sites and over 80 harbors and marinas operated by various government entities. [9]