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West Bloomfield board considers water, sewer hikes BY GENA JOHNSON
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WEST BLOOMFIELD — The West Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees is expected to vote June 23 on a possible water and sewer rate hike that will start with the July 1 meter read.
Brian Camiller, a certified public accountant with Plante Moran, presented a water and sewer study at the June 2 board meeting. He described three options for rate increases to help meet inflationary costs. Board members then requested a special work session for June 10. At the special work session, trustees directed questions to Camiller and the township’s water and sewer utilities di-
rector, Justin Taylor. Other department heads were also present. A rate hike is being considered due to higher costs incurred by inflation, as well as the number of construction projects being planned, including infrastructure repairs. Water loss and declining usage are also factors, Camiller explained. See WATER/SEWER on page 17A
Miller slams Oakland drain office over discharge response BY DEAN VAGLIA dvaglia@candgnews.com
CLINTON TOWNSHIP — Macomb County Public Works Commissioner Candice Miller released a statement on June 5 criticizing the office of Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner Jim Nash over its response to a state agency about recent discharges into the Red Run. On April 29, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy sent a letter to the Oakland County Water Resources Commission about a sanitary sewer overflow that occurred at the Red Run on April 3. The agency’s letter required the commission to provide information about the April 3 overflow, an evaluation of operating procedures at the George W. Kuhn Retention Treatment Basin that could affect overflows and provide a corrective action plan to prevent further overflows. The third request See DRAIN on page 14A
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The outfall of the George W. Kuhn Basin at the Red Run on April 3, 2025, hours after a 1.2-million-gallon overflow of sanitary sewage.
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