The Detroit News. The state helps leverage money for sewer repairs through a revolving loan fund, which has federal grant money. That is true even though the federal government is finally moving to encourage sewer and drainage improvements with new spending. President Bush this week is likely to release money Congress approved last December to help communities pay for sewer repairs. It's just a tremendous strain on a city to come up with that kind of money.
Water quality is up.
Then, we had to load it onto our property taxes. Upgrades included an overhaul of the city's sewer plant and the addition of six retention basins. It's going to be in the double digits of billions.