Great Lakes Water Authority Develops Collaboration to Improve Water Quality

The Great Lakes Water Authority has announced the first tangible example of regional thinking that has occurred as a result of its recently completed Wastewater Master Plan, a 40-year regional roadmap to proactively and adaptively manage the wastewater system and provide a path to affordability through partnerships and collaborations. GLWA, Oakland County and the city of Detroit will work together — across municipal and county boundaries — on three projects that will protect public health by reducing wet-weather discharges into regional waterways. The collaboration came together during GLWA’s WWMP planning process, as discussions were being conducted about the need for a regional