The newest of the Great Lakes Water Authority’s five water treatment plants operates in the oldest building. It is also the latest of four to earn a Directors Award from the Partnership for Safe Water.
The 240 mgd (design) Water Works Park II plant opened in 2003. Technology innovation enabled the authority to combine its entire conventional treatment process (with ozone disinfection) in a single building, as opposed to several buildings previously.
The authority provides water and wastewater services to some 4 million people in 112 member partner communities in eight southeast Michigan counties. With five water treatment facilities that draw
