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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.
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]
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]
(The Center Square) – Advocates are pushing for Michigan lawmakers to pass a 2023 bill package, which would create a statewide fund aimed at subsidizing the water utility bills for low-income ...
In 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said the city for more than a year had failed to warn residents and the local health department about lead. It ordered changes at the water plant ...
The City of Flushing and Flushing township police regularly cooperate to improve services for both communities. [32] The township receives water from the Karegnondi Water Authority pipeline treated by the Genesee County Drain Commission Water and Waste Division. [27] Flushing is part of the following: [33] Genesee County Commissioner District 8
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 ...
In August 2009, a permit was issued in compliance with the 2008 Great Lakes Compact by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality for the withdrawal of 85 million gallons per day of water as a public water supply for Genesee County, the City of Flint and other potential customers: the Counties of Lapeer and Sanilac and City of Lapeer. [fj 7]