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The Board of Water Commissioners for the City of Detroit, Water and Sewerage Department authorizes the Director to execute a payment to the Great Lakes Water Authority for Disinfection System and Facility Improvements to the Belle Isle (CSO) Facility, for a combined total not-to-exceed amount of $2,501,665.06. This also authorizes the Director to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
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Agenda of November 18, 2026
Item No.: 2026-242
Payment for Repairs to the Belle Isle (CSO) Facility
Amount: $2,501,665.06
TO: The Honorable
Board of Water Commissioners
City of Detroit, Michigan
FROM: Gary A Brown, Director
Detroit Water and Sewerage Department
DATE: November 18, 2026
RE: Payment to the Great Lakes Water Authority for system and facility improvements to the Belle Isle (CSO).
MOTION
Upon recommendation and opinion of Samuel Smalley, Chief Operating Officer, the Board of Water Commissioners for the City of Detroit, Water and Sewerage Department authorizes the Director to execute a payment to the Great Lakes Water Authority for repairs to the Belle Isle (CSO) Facility, for a one-time not-to-exceed amount of $2,501,665.06. This also authorizes the Director to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
GLWA operates nine (9) Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Facilities. The CSO facilities
provide preliminary treatment and disinfection during wet weather. Some facilities provide
additional settling. To prepare these CSO facilities for their full utilization, the “CSO Facilities Assessment Report” prepared under GLWA Contract No. CS-299 identified a series of repairs and enhancements that are recommended to improve facility reliability, efficiency, flexibility, operation, maintenance, and safety.
This project entails two concurrent phases:
Belle Isle – Disinfection System Improvements – Design/Engineering #1
This project wil...
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