Mayor Mike Duggan speaks, with Detroit Water and Sewerage Department’s Gary Brown and Great Lakes Water Authority’s Tom King, on the progress of repairs to SW Detroit homes after flooding.
Inspections on the properties impacted by Monday's water main break are making progress, according to the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department.
Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) has been on scene near Beard and Rowan since early Monday morning, along with other Detroit authorities. The water main broke early in
Two Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) workers were honored on Wednesday by Mayor Mike Duggan for their heroism.
The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department gave an update on the state of repairs Friday, five days after the massive water main break.
For some families impacted by the water main break in Southwest Detroit, they are still weeks away from moving back into their homes.
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In the one week since a water main break flooded more than 400 homes in southwest Detroit, many residents are still struggling to figure out what to do next.
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan shared the six-step process the city is using to get people back into their homes after a water main break displaced hundreds of residents in Southwest Detroit.
Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) has been on scene near Beard and Rowan since early Monday morning, along with other Detroit authorities. The water main broke early in the morning and flooded the neighborhood with several feet of water in the streets, sidewalks, and basements.
A major water main break in Southwest Detroit caused by older infrastructure and freezing temperatures impacted around 400 properties and displaced hundreds of families on Monday, Feb. 17.
Detroit officials are vowing to cover all uninsured repairs to homes in a southwest Detroit neighborhood after a massive water main broke early Monday and caused such severe flooding that residents had to be rescued by boats, on the shoulders of firefighters and, in one instance, the scoop on a front-end loader.
One week after his family fled, Gerardo Martinez pointed to tiny spouts of water still coming through the corner of his basement.
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