Michigan lawmakers have passed legislation appropriating $4.7 billion for state infrastructure, including more than $1 billion for various water projects.About $750 million will go toward drinking water infrastructure such as projects to replace lead service lines or remove contaminants like PFA substances, potentially harmful chemicals used in industrial and consumer products that are have been found in water.
The bill, SB 565, sets $75 million for lead line replacement in Detroit, and $45 million that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) says will cover all of the lead service line replacement in the town of Benton Harbor, where officials are in the midst of projects to remove lead sources and repair a water treatment plant. Another $515 million will be put toward clean water projects such as sewer rehabilitation in Macomb County.