Lead service line elimination in Kingsford, upgraded water remedy amenities in Harrisville and lead service line identification in Decatur are amongst initiatives funded by $20,391,921 in Michigan Division of Atmosphere, Nice Lakes, and Power (EGLE) grants lately awarded to Michigan communities.
The MI Clear Water Plan grants, by EGLE’s Consuming Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF), Clear Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF), Consuming Water Asset Administration (DWAM) Program, and Substantial Public Well being Danger Venture (SPHRP) Program, intention to assist communities guarantee clear ingesting water and handle wastewater to guard public well being and Michigan’s pure assets.
Seventy p.c of Michiganders are served by greater than 1,000 group wastewater methods and seven.5 million get their ingesting water from group water methods in Michigan. These methods typically battle to seek out assets to deal with each legacy points like getting older ingesting water and stormwater amenities, and rising challenges like new requirements for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) “endlessly chemical compounds.”
Historically, greater than half of EGLE’s finances passes by to Michigan cities, cities, villages, and different native authorities companies to finance crucial enhancements that assist them higher defend residents and our pure assets.
Grant roundup
Latest grants by DWSRF
Metropolis of Kingsford for $4,143,800. This mission consists of substitute of roughly 13,000-feet of water primary and roughly 244 lead and galvanized water service strains on each personal and public property within the Metropolis of Kingsford’s Kingsford Heights neighborhood.
Latest grants by CWSRF
Metropolis of Harrisville for $10,605,000. This mission entails enhancements to the Metropolis of Harrisville’s wastewater amenities. These actions embrace eradicating and changing the lagoon liners with geosynthetic clay and high-density polyethylene, chosen sewer and manhole rehabilitation, and substitute of the Huron Avenue and Clark Highway pump stations.
Nice Lakes Water Authority for $2,342,280. The Nice Lakes Water Authority Water Useful resource Restoration Facility Pump Station 1 enhancements mission consists of rehabilitating and rebuilding eight primary carry pumps and motors, changing valves and gates, new elbow circulation meters, relocating electrical starters in a constructing addition, enhancing instrumentation and controls with a pump well being monitor system, structural enrichments, mechanical plumbing, course of piping to venturi meter vaults, and heating, air flow, and air con.
Forsyth Township for $375,000. This mission is a sanitary sewer substitute alongside the M-35 hall in Forsyth Township.
Metropolis of Burton for $295,000. Part 3 sanitary sewer assortment system enhancements consisting of in-kind open reduce substitute of roughly 733 ft of 8- to 12-inch diameter sanitary sewer, full size cured-in-place pipe lining of roughly 29,887 ft of 8- to 21-inch diameter sanitary sewer, and rehabilitation of an estimated 205 sanitary sewer manholes.
Latest grant by SPHRP
Metropolis of Caseville for $2,000,000. The Metropolis of Caseville’s wastewater assortment system contains an 11,000-foot power primary that carries all metropolis wastewater to their lagoon system. The power primary is actively leaking untreated sewage to the groundwater and placing surrounding water our bodies, together with Saginaw Bay and Lake Huron, liable to contamination. This mission contains substitute of the power primary and upgrading outdated pump stations.
Latest grants by DWAM
Village of Decatur for $220,230. Discipline verification might be performed for at least 152 service strains out of their whole of 788, primarily based on Decatur’s data of unknown service strains. As well as, Decatur’s ingesting water asset administration plan (AMP) might be up to date primarily based on a complete asset stock in addition to different parts of the plan, together with capital enchancment planning and income construction improvement.
Ishpeming Township for $410,611. Discipline verification might be performed for at least 139 service strains out of their whole of 1,017, primarily based on Ishpeming Township’s data of unknown service strains. Ishpeming Township will even replace their ingesting water AMP primarily based on a complete asset stock in addition to different parts of the plan, together with situation evaluation, water system criticality, stage of service evaluation, capital enchancment plan, and income construction improvement.
Descriptions of funding sources