(WWJ) -- Macomb County has started a new project to stop the draining of sewage from thousands of acres of land into Lake St Clair.
The County's Public Works Commissioner Candice Miller says that efforts will be made to remove the floating trash from Roseville and St. Clair Shores before it discharges into the lake at Jefferson Avenue and Martin Road.
“We don’t have to keep living this way,” Macomb County Public Works Commissioner Candice S. Miller said, “and with our beautiful Lake St. Clair, we’re always looking for ways to improve water quality. Our goal is to remove trash before it gets into the lake.”
Macomb County Public Works engineers designed the plan, which features a steel bulkhead and a mechanism that will be placed at the the outlet of the sewer that will capture floating debris before it flows out into the lake.
If the project proves to be effective, the strategy could be replicated at 11 other drains in Macomb County that empty into Lake St. Clair, including ones in Harrison Township, Mount Clemens and New Baltimore.
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