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Outdated federal water laws and chemicals that were approved for industry without assessing for risk leave Ann Arbor and other communities struggling to ward off water contaminants before they foul drinking water supplies.
State officials and a third-party investigator both concluded that most of the chromium released from a tank at Tribar Manufacturing in Wixom never made it into the Huron River. Instead, it was captured by Tribar’s filters and the Wixom wastewater treatment plant.
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Michigan has an infrastructure problem with raw sewage getting into streams and rivers. In the State of Michigan’s next fiscal year, there's about $500 million available for fixing up sewer pipes and updating wastewater plants. So far, municipalities have applied for $200 million. That’s below what is typical for this time of year. There’s no doubt about the need for sewer infrastructure repairs or replacement. “The need for combined sewer overflows alone is probably the $1.5 billion to two billion range that's left to accomplish in the state of Michigan. So with everything consid...