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Planning commission asks engineers to review dry wells, retention and catch-basin approach amid combined-sewer concerns
Summary
Commissioners asked staff to invite AEW and the city engineer to evaluate alternatives — dry wells/retention versus sending catch-basin flows into the combined sewer — and to identify options to reduce sewer-backup risk and surface flooding on residential lots.
The Planning Commission opened an extended discussion on stormwater management and sustainability measures tied to master-plan implementation. Commissioners raised concern that Clawson’s combined sanitary/storm sewer system is under strain and asked staff to solicit engineering analysis of alternatives such as dry wells, on-site retention and sewer backflow prevention.
Background: staff said current practice for new residential and nonresidential projects is to direct stormwater into the city’s combined system with on-site structures that meter runoff at a restricted flow. “Newer projects have typically underground detention where…
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