Over four million people living in waterfront communities in southeastern Michigan’s St. Clair, Macomb and Wayne counties trust in the safety of their drinking water. And with good reason.
In 2006, Federal funding enabled the creation of the $3.5 million Huron-to-Erie Drinking Water Monitoring System for 14 water treatment plants drawing drinking water from the St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair, Detroit River and Lake Erie. The system provided a critical safeguard to detect water quality threats, including chemical spills from upstream industrial plants.
An engineering study determined which communities would be included and what system each would get – basic, mid-level
