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The Board of Water Commissioners for the City of Detroit Water and Sewerage Department approves the submission of four (4) grant applications to the Water Resources Division of the Michigan Department of Environmental Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE), for the total amount of $78,000,000 from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) for the Schoolcraft and West Chicago Stormwater Improvements Project Plan which will significantly reduce untreated combined sewer discharges at four (4) active outfalls along the west bank of the Rouge River if the project is funded. 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 March 15, 2023
Item No. 2023-70
TO: The Honorable
Board of Water Commissioners
City of Detroit, Michigan
FROM: Samuel Smalley, Chief Operations Officer
Detroit Water and Sewerage Department
RE: CWSRF Schoolcraft and West Chicago Stormwater Improvements Project Plan
MOTION
Upon the request of Samuel Smalley, Chief Operations Officer, the Board of Water Commissioners for the City of Detroit Water and Sewerage Department approves the submission of four (4) grant applications to the Water Resources Division of the Michigan Department of Environmental Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE), for the total amount of $78,000,000 from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) for the Schoolcraft and West Chicago Stormwater Improvements Project Plan which will significantly reduce untreated combined sewer discharges at four active outfalls along the west bank of the Rouge River if the project is funded. This also authorizes the Director to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
As part of compliance with the City of Detroit's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit, the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) strives to deliver infrastructure project...
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