Le tariffe all’ingrosso di acqua e acque reflue della GLWA (Great Lakes Water Authority) aumenteranno il 5,8% il 1 luglio, ma questo non sarà abbastanza vicino denaro per ciò che è necessario.
Ci sono tre problemi di cui dobbiamo essere onesti.
The average age of failing water mains is 53 years old according to a national study. 50 years have passed since many mains were installed.We’ve built more stuff for the same amount of people. Think about everything in Metro Detroit that’s been built since 1970. 696 did not exist. The Silverdome and the Palace have come and gone. Canton Township was still the sweet corn capital of Michigan with just 11,000 people, and is now nearly 9x the size. The combined population of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb County has dropped over the last 55+ years while much of the rest of the nation has grown.
YearWayneOaklandMacombTri-County Total19702,670,368907,871626,2044,204,44319802,337,8431,011,793694,6004,044,23619902,107,9151,086,685718,2803,912,88020002,058,7651,196,585790,7014,046,05120201,789,6341,272,524880,2403,942,398
It’s $20 million a mile to replace what’s needed.“The question becomes, ‘Why don’t you just replace it all?’ At $20 million a mile, it’s more than $1.6 billion that we do not have budgeted.” – GLWA CEO, Suzanne Coffey
Non ho tutte le risposte. Ma so che dovremo prendere delle decisioni difficili. Il disegno di legge per lo spawl sta arrivando.
🔗 GLWA cerca più aiuti governativi in quanto sollecita la disponibilità per le interruzioni principali – [Detroit News]
