The Detroit News. Wixom City Manager J. Michael Dornan stands at a city water site.
Customers can expect a rate hike with the new system.
The city of Wixom is the latest community to tap into the system. The city should be tied into the regional water supply by November or December. Jon Jerore has been drinking bottled water rather than the flow from a well on his property. The 19-year Wixom resident says he's heard that Detroit's water is some of the purest in the country, and he's glad he won't have to pay for a costly softening system any more. But it's a big factor in whether to build or not.