The South Lyon Clean Water Plant is animportant line of defense in what the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) classifies as an environmentally sensitive area.
The plant discharges to a tiny creek known as Yerkes Drain, which ultimately feeds the Huron River, a popular stream for wildlife viewing, fishing, canoeing, kayaking, and other recreation along its course to Ann Arbor, 20 miles south.
The plant, upgraded in 2005, consistently puts out what Water and Wastewater Department superintendent Bob Martin calls “spectacular” effluent. For that, he spreads the credit far and wide, beyond his team of operators and support staff.
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