Our Water
and Sewer Department is proud of the job it does maintaining the
water and sewer systems. We are involved in a wide range of duties
to ensure that a high quality of water is delivered to our customers
and the city sanitary system functions properly. The City purchases
water from the City of Detroit Water Department. The water we receive
is surface water from Lake Huron. Water for treatment at the Lake
Huron plant arrives via a deep tunnel with an intake located 5 miles
out in Lake Huron – 45 feet deep.
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Maintenance
Services
Water Rates (Please
see Ordinance Chapter 22 for more information)
Sewer Rates (Please
see Ordinance Chapter 21 for more information)
Water
We maintain:
- A total of 268,400 linear
feet of water main (50.83 miles) with the
size ranging from 2
inch to 18 inch
- 482 fire hydrants and
approximately 854 gate valves. The average
water pressure
throughout
the city is 55 PSI to 78 PSI. The average
daily water usage is 1.4 million gallons per
day
The City has a secondary
water supply in the event that Detroit’s water system fails. We
have three wells located near Farmer’s Creek, which have the capability
to produce 2.3 million gallons per day.
Our water tower located
on the north end of the city is no longer used as part of the city
water system. The height of the water tower is 140 feet with a holding
capacity of 750,000 gallons.
What is the cost of a water leak?
Sewer
We maintain:
- A total of 154,800 linear feet of sewer main (29.3 miles) with
size ranging from 6 inch to 36 inch, and approximately 636 sanitary
manholes
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Storm
We maintain:
- A total of 66,600 linear feet (12.6 miles) with size ranging
from 8 inch to 36 inch and approximately 1,023 storm structures.
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