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Mount Clemens, Macomb County and donors fund rain-barrel giveaway to reduce sewer overflows
Summary
City and county officials announced a partnership to distribute 166 free rain-barrel kits to households in Mount Clemens' combined-sewer district to help reduce combined sewer overflows into Lake St. Clair and reduce residential watering costs.
Mount Clemens officials announced a county-backed rain-barrel program that will provide one free rain-barrel kit per household to residents in the city’s combined-sewer overflow (CSO) district.
City Manager Shippen said Macomb County Public Works and local donors have helped fund the program, and that Mount Clemens will distribute the kits through its Department of Public Works. "The total funding will provide 166 rain barrel kits to Mount Clemens residents," Shippen said, announcing the…
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