Organization’s Description
Operation Clean Water was created by the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department Wholesale Customer Outreach Public Education Work Group that includes individuals from wholesale customers (Macomb, Oakland and Wayne Counties), DWSD, MDEQ and SEMCOG and consultants. It publishes articles on how DWSD and its suburban wholesale customers manage our water and sewer infrastructure to protect public health and the environment.
The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department has been collaborating with its wholesale customers on a variety of issues through an outreach process since 1997. The effort encompasses a Water Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), a Wastewater Steering Committee and their related work groups that include staff from DWSD, wholesale water and wastewater customers, SEMCOG and MDEQ. Operation Clean Water was created by the Wholesale Customer Outreach Public Education Work Group to keep suburban communities and their customers abreast of issues impacting our water and sewer systems. A variety of documents about our water and sewer infrastructure have been published. Reuse of these materials in other publications is strongly encouraged to provide accurate information to the public.
News You Can Use
Retention Treatment Basin (RTB) Performance Summary for April – October 2012
DWSD’s Ninth CSO Treatment Facility Begins Operation
Collaborative Approach Benefits DWSD and Customers
RTB Performance Summary for January – March 2012…RTBs continued to protect public health during the first quarter of 2012 operating when needed to prevent untreated discharges into our waterways. More…
2011 RTB Performance Annual Report…Record-setting levels of rain and snow in 2011 put southeast Michigan retention treatment basins (RTBs) to the test. Operators worked long hours to prevent 27.8 billion gallons of untreated CSOs from entering our waterways, demonstrating the critical role these facilities play in protecting public health. More…
Faces of Water…Hundreds of water professionals work together each day to deliver safe drinking water to our taps. This edition of Operation Clean Water introduces individuals from the DWSD, suburban communities and MDEQ who manage the water treatment process and distribution system in our area through video and detailed narratives. More…
After the flush…Wastewater is collected from homes and businesses and treated before being safely returned to our waterways. This Operation Clean Water article describes the workers that manage our sewer service and the facilities used to protect public health and the environment. More…
Additional articles are available on the DWSD Customer Outreach Portal at www.dwsdoutreach.org.
