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Council approves GLWA contract amendment after agency details repeated 14 Mile main failures
Summary
The Walled Lake City Council unanimously approved amendment No. 6 to its water-service contract with the Great Lakes Water Authority after GLWA officials described four failures since 2017 on a 14-mile transmission main and outlined expensive replacement and monitoring plans.
The Walled Lake City Council voted unanimously to approve amendment No. 6 to its water-service contract with the Great Lakes Water Authority after a detailed briefing from GLWA leaders about repeated failures on a 14-mile transmission main that serves the community.
Suzanne Coffey, chief executive officer of GLWA, told the council the pipe network has experienced “four failures” since 2017 and that the affected 42-inch transmission main is showing accelerated deterioration. “This is not the level of service your citizens deserve. It's not the level of service GLWA wants to provide,” Coffey said, urging investment and a change in strategy beyond routine inspection and renewal.
Coffey said GLWA is using a four-year contract review cycle to…
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