Federal Judge to Order a New Management System for the Detroit Water & Sewerage Dept.

**MikeM** · November-05-11, 06:22 PM

Originally Posted by kraig

While you pointed out the reason why the judge issued the consent decree, it still doesn't change the fact that the decree [[plan) does nothing to actually address the pollution issue.

What is causing the pollution?
What is or will be done to eliminate the pollution?
What steps are being taken to prevent pollution in the future?

The root cause committee's report explained the difficulties in maintaining compliance with the CWA and suggested remedies which the court adopted.

**kraig** · November-05-11, 08:02 PM

Originally Posted by MikeM

The root cause committee's report explained the difficulties in maintaining compliance with the CWA and suggested remedies which the court adopted.

The Committee, half of which consisted of Charles Pugh and Gary Brown, recommendations only dealt with administrative aspects and not the actual operations of the department that would bring DWSD into compliance.

See for yourself. http://www.freep.com/assets/freep/pdf/C4181459114.PDF

And their poor excuse for a report never even bothered to look at the on the ground problems that are causing the pollution. The report dealt with money, that's all this is about.