Detroit (WXYZ)-The leader of Detroit said that FEMA sent staff to the city on Monday as it is working to set up an office to provide services to flood victims.
The Detroit Water and Wastewater Treatment Department said that in Detroit alone, there were approximately 20,000 claims for damage caused by floods last month, and then we saw floods on Friday.
Flooding has also occurred in other communities, from Grosse Pointes to Dearborn and Garden City, to name a few.
“We need to take a serious look at the Great Lakes Water Authority,” Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan said.
“We hope to conduct an independent investigation and it is ongoing,” said Gary Brown, director of the Detroit Water and Wastewater Department.
Brown said the board is working hard to hire an independent company to determine what went wrong and how to prevent it.
“I will tell you that we have exceeded the number and frequency of these storms so much that local systems, regional systems, many systems have been challenged. This will not make us feel good,” said Sue McCormick, Chief Executive Officer of the Great Lakes Water Authority. Say.
McCormick said that although our system received more than twice the rainfall last month, the authorities may have made some mistakes that exacerbated the flooding.
“I think the Great Lakes Water Authority may take responsibility, but this will be determined in a post-mortem analysis,” McCormick said.
She said an independent investigation would help determine whether the power company was blamed for power outages, nature, or the authorities, for example, certain pumps were stopped before the storm. The accountability system will take some time to resolve.
Gary Brown said the long-term solution is clear. The area needs to separate the storm from the sewer, so that the storm does not discharge sewage into the household.
“The long-term solution is to separate rainwater from sewers. This is a very expensive task. Some estimates that Michigan will cost $17 billion, and the city of Detroit alone will cost $8 billion,” Brown said.
“It basically has a door here that allows water to flow out, but then it closes, so if there is a flood in the city, it will not enter your system,” said Michael Kish, a plumber master plumber for Auto City Plumbing and Drainage. Michael Kish) said. A check valve was shown to WXYZ.
Kish said his team is installing a lot of these for people. According to the regulations of homes with basements, the valves have been around for some time, but the old houses do not have them.
Mayor Dugan said he is working on a plan to help people who own old houses use them as a short-term solution.
Post time: Aug-16-2021
