The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-04-26
THE CITY COUNCIL
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'dI'Si combined sewers therefore need
az IL iE're;ISe only slightly 40 are
der The additional flow represented 10y
"a" sanitary sewage. All these datl
f.iv" hcei ,-purdinItcd with eXpcricn !
80 "jhrr cities and have been : APP q
!"'hl"d by Information and details fu,
SHE'D by Your Sewer Committee an
pr City Engineer
For ili, WNaudnttc area under con
= tl'rdiIcu. IL i assumed that ~ati>fac
~ Scryic" will ultimately require
sewers of sufficient depth and capl-
y 70 take all Roof wafer and all run
81 from lawns. streets and ALLEYS
without pond.u@ IN The streets ur yard
-'i~. and without fiueding ha~curnt~
, " m'ri this Standard. hp.h theory and
experience Indicate that lateral sewers
>h1HIld H. designed ro carry al least
q = cubic feet Ter - .oHd per dcrr. from
areas tributary Ia them. This i for
.sirtially developed property in which
jh'. roofs. sidewalks and IaVcmcntS
cover only 20 per cent IF the area. and
applies Ia local ldIcral> with CoHccn-
t-Iilon lime. of 20 minutes II a. mith
:< NJ per cent If The area i covered
with rO-IfS and pavtmcntS. then the
lun-Uff of about 30 cubic feet per
second IE'r acre may lee expected, and
lJtrrstl sewer capacity should be pro-
ibid accordingly.
Analysis of lat,.ralS in the Eastern
'fmInk area show that many areas
;trc now served by lateral sewers which
have Il capacity of about Une-third 10
"n'-half Uf that required for SaiiSfac-
tory Servitc. For example. The rcSiden-
nal area between Grove and Eureka,
'XtenItin. from the railroad ID a line
between Fifth and Sixth Streets CON
IainS 100 acres of which dbD..t u acres
~ present are covered 10y roofs. side
walks and InvcmcntS. This i served
ly seven new deep sewers having Il
combined capacity of 2l2 cubic feet
Irr second, and two shallow sewers
with capacity of Is cubic feet. max
ing a total Of 0.34 cubic feet per StC-
"IItl per acre available, compared with
OS2 cubic feet required at present and
M cubic feet required To meet i'm
prOvtInentS expected in the next TWEEN
~ years. Again, the combined business
and residential area between Biddle
.lveIHIc and Van AlStync extending
from Eureka Ia the alley manhOie
north of Maple -. contains 81 acres
f which about 60 per cent i covered
il rUufS, sidewalks anda wide pave
mrntS This area is served by the re-
Gently relaid s.. ~" and H. alley sew
err which has a capacity of O.26 cubic
feet per Sttond per acre. compared
With "a TVln-Uff of Is cubic feet per
SsTond la be expected from this AREA
This condition il not necessarily Il
criticism of work done III the past. but
j. CkcGS call for Il progressive CunStruc-
ton program designed Ia bring the Ell
Iir,. SfStVln up 10 a reasonable standard
al the least possible cost. making thu.
b,SI use of The existing structures I"
their fullest capacity. For the accom-
pliShmcnt of this purn>t' We RECON-
mend the following program OF proceed
me all as shown OH The control map
attached hereto:
/ In the area between Second Ave-
nae and the railroads from Grove
Street to Ford Avenue. most of the
original shallow lateral sewers have
recently been reaid To satisfactory
depth. In this area. the mUSl cconOmi-
cal plan OF relief. and the method or
i@inaly intended when the Eastern
Trunk was designed. is the cOn>tulE'-
non Oh all arm ibblll lllitlNdA hNbNNNAA
Second and the railroad following APP
prUX imaIcly The route shown on the
control map The arm will tFIt the eX-
listing lateITlS and S0. 10y eliminating
the load of over OnC-half of the area.
will make. the laterak lying To the
east of the arm. If adequate capacity.
For the lateralS lying west of the arm,
detailed study should he given to the
connection of street inlet> direct to the
arm.
> For latcrll> with insufficient
capacity ia the area between Pine
Street and Ford Avenue. and from Sc
tund Avennc tU Van Al>tync Boulevard
relief i'll many eases can hc most econ
umically made 10y eliminating street
inlet connections thCrfrum New inlet
connexions wtVild be t-on>trlt ted lead
in- either direct to- the Eastern Trunk
or to the river.
: For The district lying north of
Ford Avenue between Riddle Avenue
and the railroad. the procedure should
follow reconstruction of latCr;tl> 10 full
design capacity This AREA j. Il narrow
strip and l. we'll served 10y The Eastern
Trunk drain Lateral nInS are short.
and the resulting sizes small.
l. For jhe balance of the old Viii
ll.r of Ford system which lies west
of The railroad between Ford Avenue
and North Drive. Con>I luI,.tiun of arms
i Indicated OH the control map. This
AREA il ut present the lca>l improved.
kuI the arms shown will be- needed
rarIN in ORDER that reconstruction Of
lat,-ral> can he ruuttrl property and at
vantage taken of The. available grade.
=. The procedure outlined above and
shown OH the control map should give
The AREA of the City nf WyandOtte tri-
bIlIary TO The Eastern Trunk drain AIDE
ulaIe sewer SerVit' for present COudl-
lions and for the anticipated improve
mcnt>, during the next twenty years.
eff street and alley facilities and new
builtlin. constructions. CtHHilcd with
This plan should he the installation III
The near future of additional storm
water pumps III the Wayne County
Drainage district No - pumping STA
lion. Attached il map of the No. =
District system which Includes the
Eastern Central and Western Trunk
Drains a pumping station and outlet
La The river. The system WAS designed
IN 1921 went into service IN thu spring