Board of Water Commissioners

Detroit Water and Sewerage Department

Utilities

Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019
2:00 p.m. EDT

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Randolph St Detroit, MI 48226 (Directions)

5th Floor Board Room 735

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Edited and summarized by the Detroit - MI Documenters Team

Live reporting by Lamar Lyons

SoulRepublic @SoulRepublic

I'm currently at the @DetroitWaterDep Board of Water Commissioners meeting today. Off to an eventful start with extra entrance protocols being put in place with the arrival of a water activist group + a @wxyzdetroit camera. @wdet @CitizenDetroit #DetroitDocumenters

01:18 PM Aug 21, 2019 CDT

SoulRepublic @SoulRepublic 2/3

Because of the extra time taken to arrive to the conference room, the meeting already kicked off with with discussion of the shutoffs linked to a @BridgeMichigan article released earlier this week. #DetroitDocumenters

SoulRepublic @SoulRepublic 3/3

"City of Detroit records obtained by Bridge Magazine show that 7,310 of 11,801 homes disconnected for nonpayment since April remained without water as of Aug. 1. Of those homes, a vast majority, 5,354, are believed to be occupied. "
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Detroit Water and Sewerage Department

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Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) is one of the largest water and sewer utilities in the United States, serving more than 200,000 Detroit residential and commercial accounts that includes a city population of nearly 680,000. DWSD’s water network consists of more than 2,700 miles of transmission and distribution mains and nearly 3,000 miles of sewer collection piping.

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