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The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department will add 24 new bioretention gardens in the Brightmoor neighborhood on the city’s west side. Bioretention gardens use permeable soils and other landscaping techniques to absorb excess rainfall that can otherwise overload the combined sewer system during significant rainfall.

Detroit's Water and Sewerage Department director said this is the type of project the city needs to prevent flooding from future climate-change-driven rain events.

Two major water system operators in southeast Michigan and Oakland County plan to work together to better control heavy storm water runoff.The Detroit…

Monday, the Flint city council may reconsider a contract to build a back-up drinking water source.Saturday was the 6th anniversary of the Flint Water…

A group of Detroit residents suing the city's Water and Sewerage Department may soon have their case heard by the Michigan Supreme Court. The plaintiffs,…

A boil water advisory issued last weekend for parts of Downtown Detroit has been lifted.The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department said on its…

UPDATED on 8/22/2018 at 10:25 amOn July 1, the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department completed its phase-in of a new drainage rate for residential…

Tensions boiled over last night at a public hearing hosted by the Detroit Board of Water Commissioners. The hearing was held to address controversial…

Michigan’s Department of Environmental Quality is vowing to strengthen lead-in-water rules because of the Flint water crisis. At a public meeting in…

There are lead service lines in older communities across Michigan. Because of their age and population size, it’s fair to say the bulk of Michigan’s lead…