The village of Eau Claire is getting a more than $1.8 million grant from the state to improve its water system.
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy has announced a total of $17.7 million in MI Clean Water grants for communities around the state. The grants are intended to help those communities upgrade aging infrastructure to ensure healthy drinking water and protect the environment.
Eau Claire has been approved for $1,866,000 for upgrades to the wastewater treatment system, including new influent control structures, a new outfall to Farmers Creek, new transfer structures and piping between lagoons, berm maintenance, and abandoning bypass structures.
EGLE says 70% of Michiganders are served by more than 1,000 community wastewater systems and a similar percentage get drinking water from community water systems. Those systems often struggle to find resources to address legacy issues like aging drinking water and stormwater facilities and new standards for chemicals. The MI Clean Water grants are intended to help.
