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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]
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 ...
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]
To fund the program, which would be managed by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, all water and sewage customers in the state would pay an additional $2 fee every month.
The Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) is a regional water authority in the U.S. state of Michigan.It provides drinking water treatment, drinking water distribution, wastewater collection, and wastewater treatment services for the Southeast Michigan communities, including Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties, among others.
An appeals court on Wednesday dismissed a Michigan mayor from a lawsuit that accuses local officials of mismanaging problems with lead-contaminated water. The court reversed a decision by a ...
In 1996, Executive Order No. 1996-1 transferred oversight of environmental health programs "relating to drinking water and radiological protection" from the Michigan Department of Public Health to the DEQ, and Executive Order No. 1996-2 transferred the Low Level Radioactive Waste Authority from the Michigan Department of Commerce to the DEQ. [3]
Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulation, abolished by Governor Engler with most of the department transfer to the Department of Commerce until Commerce was split up with the former L&R powers transferred to the Department of Consumer and Industry Services [1] Michigan Department of Labor; Michigan Department of Mental Health; Department ...