Chemical Valley travels to Detroit ?

[O3H]

In total, there are 57 polluters registered with the Canadian and U.S. governments, in the Sarnia area [[Michigan is across the St. Clair River.)

https://globalnews.ca/video/rd/1072923203768/

Over 500 government reports documenting industrial spills and leaks in the Sarnia region over a two-year period,

http://www.freep.com/story/news/2017...ues/604335001/

You "trust" government protects you - rethink that position !!

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v...hemical-valley

[rex]

Something colloquially, informally, or officially known as Chemical Valley should be allowed no where near the Great Lakes or tributaries. Same can be said for the area around Gary and SW Detroit. I'm certain there are others but those come to mind.

[O3H]

People might want to look closer at areas near Detroit

Short memory perhaps....
http://chej.org/2013/05/18/trouble-a...ands-refinery/

https://www.marathonpetroleum.com/Op...roit_Refinery/

[Lowell]

A big spill from a company in Sarnia in the 90's put me off tap water. Have drunk high watershed spring water ever since.

The explosion of prescription pharmaceuticals that has happened since then, and continues to grow, is unfilterable, and ends up in the Great Lakes, only strengthening my decision.

Sad and costly, but we are what we drink as we are 2/3 water.

[Wesley Mouch]

A big spill from a company in Sarnia in the 90's put me off tap water. Have drunk high watershed spring water ever since. ...snip...

What percentage of Detroit water comes from Lake Huron before Sarnia? And what percentage comes from the Detroit River?

[canuck]

A big spill from a company in Sarnia in the 90's put me off tap water. Have drunk high watershed spring water ever since.

The explosion of prescription pharmaceuticals that has happened since then, and continues to grow, is unfilterable, and ends up in the Great Lakes, only strengthening my decision.

Sad and costly, but we are what we drink as we are 2/3 water.

I’m a lot less careful than you are Lowell, but I follow you on this just the same. A friend of mine is an engineer for water filtration and has worked in small remote communities and big cities. He doesn’t trust tap water either for all the reasons you mention.

[O3H]

What percentage of Detroit water comes from Lake Huron before Sarnia? And what percentage comes from the Detroit River?

A large amount of drinking water in Macomb comes from Lake Huron

https://redrundrain.files.wordpress....lake-huron.jpg

I would not be surprised , if "more" drinking water, will come from the north via the Karegnondi Water Authority.

[Mikeg]

Here is the Great Lakes Water Authority's map showing which areas are served by their water treatment plants: http://www.glwater.org/water-system/water-map/

[mtburb]

Here is the Great Lakes Water Authority's map showing which areas are served by their water treatment plants: http://www.glwater.org/water-system/water-map/

Kinda interesting that Estral Beach, Wyandotte, Highland Park, Grosse Pointe City and Farms, Mount Clemens, Franklin, Walled Lake, Wolverine Lake and Rochester aren't served by the GLWA at all yet are each surrounded by GLWA service areas.

[ndavies]

Estral Beach is supplied by GLWA. I own a home there. I own the last house on the very end of the pipe. We've had Detroit city/GLWA water and sewer since 1972. We not to long ago retired our Water/Sewer buildout debt.

[ndavies]

Wyandotte is known for keeping public services city owned. They used to also have their own city owned cable and electric companies. [[I don't know if this is still true.)

[ndavies]

A pic from my house this morning

[mtburb]

Wyandotte is known for keeping public services city owned. They used to also have their own city owned cable and electric companies. [[I don't know if this is still true.)

They still do. Wyandotte electric rarely goes out simultaneously with DTE in the neighboring communities during large DTE outages, but one notable exception that I had the unfortunance of being stuck in for 13 hours was the big storm in March.

[O3H]

Mt Clemens is """special""" - wonder why ???

https://redrundrain.files.wordpress....7619412430.jpg

There used - to - be protection, but it has been dismantled

http://www.tpomag.com/images/uploads...ie2__large.jpg

Better water to the north, perhaps

https://redrundrain.files.wordpress....ter-supply.jpg

[ddaydetroit]

Here is the Great Lakes Water Authority's map showing which areas are served by their water treatment plants: http://www.glwater.org/water-system/water-map/

Not to hijack the thread but I am looking the map on the link I just moved to Ray Township last year the locals do not want city water along with other local rural communities to stop development with no City water your need a much bigger yard for a well and septic field. They are worried it will turn into another Macomb Township that was mostly farm fields 15 years ago to nothing but subdivisions with huge houses on small lots.

[O3H]

BIG problem just the other day
Staff at the Nova Chemicals site in Corunna, Ont.,
south of Sarnia, were told to leave the building..............

https://www.nationalobserver.com/201...ing-toxic-leak

By the way Septic - it not the answer in Michigan
Totally UNregulated, UNinspected, an absolutely abysmal nightmare for FRESH water in the State of Michigan

We are literally polluting ourselves
http://www.mymlsa.org/legislation-in...n-in-michigan/