The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-18

Sewage
(CsatiAssl yfsa Pass u
he said. would cut locsl costs 20
about laM Or IS pr cent Of the.
total. v
Key Of the proposed solution
Is . plan to route nearly 20, 0OO.-
600 gallons q sewage flow daily
from 10 communities into The
Detroit city sewage disposal
plant, some Of Il comir & from -
far a Mount Clemens.
\ The commission recommended
the Macomb colnynunitioo of
Mount Clemens, RosevillA Uast
Detroit, Sc. Clair Shore, Conter
Line, Warren Ind Warren, 1lar.
rison, Erin and Lake townsHips
form . sanitary district to ope-
rate q $4,000, 900 program. cost
ing the local areas upwards Of
100000.
The Macomb county plan IN
wolves:
1. A ~ and 00-inch sewer
running 11:35 miles from the
Kirby road pumping station In
Groles Pointe to East jefferson
and Croker boulevard In Har-
rison township. Macomb county.
Wayne county would be called
on to extend its Fox Greek sew
or north from the Kirby road
station to service Lochmoor,
Crosse Pointe Woods and Ora
tiot township and connect with
the Macomb lines.
2. A 48 and 36-inch running
2.65 miles from East jefferson
and Croker boulevard 70 Spruce
street and the north bank Of the
Clinton river in Mt. Clemens
where Il would pick up that
city's sewage. !,
- 3. A separate Warren town.
ship system covering sections 10,
20, 20, 80, 81 and 50, carrying
the flow 1.o5 miles to Bear
Greek and Ten Mile road and
thence by pressure two miles
east to Ten Mile snd Van Dyke
roads where It would enter an
arm of the Nine Mile drain and
be routed into the Detroit sys-
tenn.
4. Connecting laterals and
pumping stations to bring the
remainder of the Warren area
into the system via the Nine
Mile drain.
A minimum expenditure Of
$500, 900 Is called for in Warren
township. The plan would leave
until later the problem Of drain
age for storm water and local
laterals.
Adams told the commission
virtually all the communities are
unable to finance the program
themselves and have been UNI
able even to provide the usual
.s1nor'y eeutribytien g wPA
projects.'
ITO what Il now . sufficiently
serious threat 70 the hoalth and
welfare Of the inhabitants of
southern Oakland, Mseomb and
Wayne counties, there II being
added much new population and
many industries, many of which
are increasing to be engaged in
various phases Of national de-
tense production" Adams said.
This development Is taking
place and housing Of various
types are being attempted in
areas lacking the most basic and
fundamental needs Of commune
ty drainage, sanitation, water
supply and sewage treatment"
Sewage, Adams said, is flow
ing in roadside bitches and over
private property. The construc-
ton of more local sewers, he
said, only will carry the danger
to other areas, mainly those
along Lake st. Clair and the De-
troit river where It already en-
dangers popular recreational
developments.
It also Is q threat to the pub
lie water supplies Of Highland
Park, Crosse Pointe Farms and
Mount Clemens, he said, and
burdens the Detroit water works
system.
Local officials are anxious to
cooperate in the plan, Adams
declared. He said Detroit off,
Gals were receptive" to the
plan under which the commune
ties would pay Detroit for the
treatment service. Local bond
ing and disposal service charges
should result in an annual bill
of 50 to 80 to normal residential
users in the area benefited, he
added.
State and local health off,
Gals have declared existing satfi-
tary conditions In the area, con.
tanning more than = score Of de-
Tense industries, menaced pub
lie health. Adams said the con-
ditions had existed in . lesser
degree for 10 years and were
kept from solution by inability