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Owosso approves $30 million wastewater plan amendment to add retention basin and force main

City of Owosso City Council · May 1, 2026
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Summary

The Owosso City Council adopted a Clean Water SRF Project Plan amendment to add an equalization/retention basin and a force main to reduce sanitary sewer overflows, designating the public services director as project representative; the plan carries an estimated $30 million cost and drew a technical warning from a former utilities director.

The Owosso City Council on April 20 unanimously adopted a Project Planning Document Amendment to the city's Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) project plan that adds an equalization (retention) basin at the Wastewater Treatment Plant and a new force main intended to eliminate sanitary sewer overflows during wet-weather events. Fishbeck Senior Engineer Brian Van Zee presented the amendment and said the total estimated project cost is $30 million.

The amendment updates a plan first submitted in 2022 and identifies infrastructure and collection-system improvements the city intends to pursue as part of its application to the State…

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