At a special joint meeting
Wednesday, July 8, officials with the Great Lakes Water Authority – the new
regional water authority – and the Detroit Water
and Sewerage Department received an update on the Detroit water
department’s master plan.
The five-year master plan is
projected to save the city about $40 million annually in operating costs. These
savings would come from closing operations at one of five water treatment
plants, and scaling back energy costs and implementing similar changes designed
to accommodate declining water sales.
Jim Fausone, Fausone Bohn partner
and chairman of the DWSD Board of Water Commissioners, says a primary benefit
of the plan is helping leaders in Detroit and the suburbs avoid future water
rate hikes. Jim was quoted in the Detroit
Free Press Wednesday saying, “The best we can do is drive out of the cost
structure any excessive costs. That’s part of what the water master plan does.”
Jim says it is reasonable to expect the DWSD board to take up the master plan
in September.
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