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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced on Tuesday grants awarded under the state’s Clean Water Plan to help communities strengthen drinking water infrastructure and better ensure safe, affordable tap water across Michigan.
City of Hillsdale awarded Drinking Water Asset Management Grant
Hillsdale Daily News
HILLSDALE The city of Hillsdale and Hillsdale Board of Public Utilities announced that the city has obtained a $241,000 drinking water asset management grant through Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy.
The grant will help to ensure the city’s water supply complies with rules promulgated by the 2018 revisions to Michigan’s lead and copper rule. There are no matching funds required for the grant.
The city intends to use the grant funding to complete verifications of water service lines according to LCR revisions as well as compile a complete distribution system material inventory, which is due to EGLE by January 2025. A key component of the inventory is determining the material type of each water service for residences and businesses within the city’s service area. That requires evaluating records, physical field verification of lines and any other means necessar
Voters have a choice at the May 3 Town Meeting and May 8 Town Election. They can choose a healthy environment that supports economic vibrancy and draws residents and visitors to the townâs shores, rivers and bays. Or,they can choose the continued degradation of the townâs lifeblood, the very water that runs through it. The decision is that stark.
Mashpee has been working to deal with excess nitrogen from septic systems and the resulting algae blooms, fish kills and other undesirable consequences. Decisions before voters on the townâs Clean Water Plan could be a leap forward, without burdening taxpayers.
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McKees Rocks, a long-struggling borough on the Ohio River, sued the county’s wastewater-treatment authority in court on Tuesday, alleging the agency’s efforts to reduce sewage overflows could literally undermine its efforts to recover from decades-long decline.
“We want them to know we are serious,” said attorney Steven Engel, who filed the suit on McKees Rocks’ behalf.
At issue is Allegheny County Sanitary Authority’s Clean Water Plan, a $2 billion effort to resolve decades-old concerns about sewage overflows that take place when heavy rains overwhelm aging sewer systems. And at the heart of the dispute is the former Crivelli Chevrolet car dealership, which Alcosan bought for $2 million last year.