The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-22
Says Final Drain
Solution Neglected
bv South MacOnlb
ST. CLAIR SHORES

ny SOu1A Az
ST. CLAIR SHORES. - The
prospect of an immediate solu-
ton to the urgent drain situation
by re-opening of the Nine Mile
Disposal plant has blinded South
Macomb communities to the only
final solution, Walter Pratt,
Clerk of st. Clair Shores, charg-
ed today.
Pratt said that the operation
Of the disposal plant would solve
the serious health menace for
only q period of q few years and
does not offer q disposal means
for the entire section.
1T will be only q matter Of
a year or two before . second
airy treatment plant will be re-
CURED At the disposal plant, and
even with additional treatment
the plant still will be q pollu-
ton source for the shoreline,
Pratt pointed out.
He said that he doubted If the
plant could be considered ade-
ouate to handle the situation at
present In view of the tremen-
dous population increase since
II was built and during the 10
years it has been closed. Even
If it is judged adequate, 1t hand
les only a portion Of the section
and will serve only for q few
years before there Is agitation
for improved methods" he stat
ed.
The only final solution, Pratt
said, would be the project ad-
vanced by Milton Adams of the
Michigan Stream Control Com
mission. The plan calls for an
interceptor sewer running from
Mount Clemens to the Kirby sta
ton In Detroit. The project, re-
ferred to as the jefferson Drain,
would provide an adequate out
let for the entire area of the
County south of and including
Mount Clemens.
II would cost an estimated 81
100000 and would be almost
completely financed by the Fed
eral Government. Eight COM
munities would be involved in
the project at a total cost of ap-
proximately $3.50, 900 apportion-
ed among the eight communities.
Every existing sewerage sys-
tenn in South Macomb and all
districts where sewers do not
now exist could be drained by
this interceptor to an adequate
processing plant.
Officials of Mount Clemens,
Roseville, st. Clair Shores, East
Detroit, Center Line and War
rem and the townships of Erin,
Lake, Clinton, Warren and Har-
rison have been consulted on
the plan.
Termed by Arnold Rocken-
suess, Deputy Drain Commits
sioner, "a master plan for Ma
comb and Oakland" the project
Is being considered by the Fed
eral appropriations COMMITTEES
but has been carried mainly by
the Stream Control Commission.
Although all communities par
ticipated in the initial discus
sions, II has been neglected by
the authorities since the prospect
Of re-opening the Disposal plant
arose. Sine part Of the cost
would be carried by the COM
munities, they must approve the
project before II can be author
lied.
est. Clair Shores does not BEN
Eft by the opening of the dis
posal plant but is willing to put
up part Of the amount necessary
to place II In operating eondi-
tion," Pratt said. "but II must
be realized that this is, at best,
only q temporary measure"
He added that Roseville and
Selfridge Field authorities had
been active in furthering the
jefferson Drain plan. but that
the interest Of other commun-
tiles had Jagged with the near
ness Of . re-opening Of the dis
possl plant.
1.-THE drain situation Is q prob
lem that demands united action
considering the entire area and
not Just sections,
This project Is an ideal OPP
portunity for . complete solu-
ton and must not be allowed