sewer systems

Macomb County Public Works Commissioner Candice Miller says everyone who relies on clean water in Lake St. Clair needs to take more responsibility for reducing the sewer overflows.

The label may say flushable, but those wipes take too long to break down and can cause clogs that could send sewage back into homes.

Macomb County Public Works Commissioner Candice Miller is feuding with state environmental regulators over water protection.

High tech is being used to make stormwater and sanitary sewers more efficient to avoid floods and combined sewer overflows.

Apparently, people are using a lot more personal wipes and baby wipes during the pandemic. Then, they’re flushing them down the toilet. Officials in…

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…

Macomb County’s Public Works Commissioner wants the public to be aware of a growing problem menacing municipal sewer systems: flushable wipes.Candice…

Detroit is trying to prevent street flooding by regularly cleaning the sewer grates and catch basins on the side of the road.The city announced the new…

Macomb County will inspect the entire pipe system surrounding a collapsed sewer line that turned into a massive sinkhole Christmas Eve.The inspection will…

Governor Rick Snyder will deliver his seventh State of the State address tonight. My guess is that not many people will watch or listen; with this speech,…