A WATER POLLUTION INVESTIGATION
OF THE
DETROIT RIVER
AND TKE
MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE
SECTION II
WATER USE INVENTORY
U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Public Health Service
Division of Water Supply and Pollution Control - Region V
Detroit River-Lake Erie Project
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A WATER POLLUTION INVESTIGATION
OF THE
DETROIT RIVER
AND THE
MICHIGAN WATERS OP LAKE ERIE
SECTION II
WATER TJSB INVENTORY
U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Public Health Service
Division of Water Supply and Pollution Control - Region V
Detroit River-Lake Erie Project
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SECTION II
WATER USE INVENTORY
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WATER USE INVENTORY
INTRODUCTION
In an area as diversified and complex as the study area of the Detroit
River-Lake Erie Project, one must consider all aspects of the existing situa-
tion before applying engineering judgment to obtain a logical, impartial and
feasible plan for the improvement of -water quality. Consequently, all water
uses must be examined before one can adequately judge the extent of improve-
ments needed to arrive at the best plan for maximum potential use of the
waters. This report is one of the means to such an end, and, as such, contains
a summary of the many and varied water uses in the study area.
Water uses have been divided into a number of categories; namely, com-
mercial shipping, dredging operations, fish and wildlife, recreational uses,
municipal and industrial water supply, industrial and domestic waste disposal,
and combined sewer overflows. No one use is necessarily being presented as
more important than another.
COMMERCIAL SHIPPING
Because of a strategic geographical location, the Detroit River has be-
come an important artery of commercial shipping between the upper and lower
Great Lakes. Millions of tons of iron ore from the Minnesota ranges pass
through the river on their way to the steel mills of Cleveland and Pittsburgh.
Coal is transported up the river from the Appalachian fields to the industries
along Lakes Michigan and Superior. The opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway in
the last few years has also contributed significantly to the traffic in the
river. Tonnage shipped through the Detroit River is so great that during a
recent eight-month season, 130,5^0,000 tons of total commerce were shipped
through the river. This exceeds the entire combined tonnage shipped through
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the Panama and Suez Canals in one year.
Records for the 19&3 shipping season are not yet available; therefore,
the shipping information for the 1961 and 1962 seasons is presented in
Table l-II. All of the following information is taken from the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers publications entitled, "Waterborne Commerce of the United
States, Calendar Year 196l and 1962." All records include Port of Detroit
traffic and Windsor-Detroit traffic. This data -would therefore include barge,
ferry, and tugboat traffic. An explanation of the terminology follows the
tables.
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TABLE l-II. WATERB0RNE
COMMERCE OF THE
DETROIT RIVER
TOTAL PASSAGES
1961
1962
Upbound
Downbound
10,891
11,098
10,191
10,390
TONNAGE SUMMARIES
Upbound
Downbound
Dept. of Defense Controlled
and Special Cargo
Total
33,091,926+
63,090,136
3,933
96,185,995
35,375,199
61,663,909
100,039,108
TONNAGE BREAKDOWN
Overseas Imports (upbound)
Overseas Exports (downbound)
Canadian Imports (upbound)
Canadian Imports (downbound)
Canadian Exports (upbound)
Canadian Exports (dovmbound)
Coastwise Shipping (upbound)
Coastwise Shipping (downbound)
Lakewise Shipping (upbound)
Lakewise Shipping (downbound)
Internal Shipping (upbound)
Internal Shipping (downbound)
Local (upbound)
Local (downbound)
669,3Ul
3,807,891
1,128,032
2,981,227
U, 267,650
a,986,691
75,650
Hi,616
26,865,236
51,072,866
33,856
73,927
52,161
152,918
773,065
h,166,33k
2,11*9,157
2,883,829
3,707,131;
6,219,152
119,9l/l
2ii, 523
28,510,856
5l,13li,8Ui
55,791
171,952
59,255
33,275
PASSENGER TRAFFIC
Upbound
Downbound
Local Traffic
Through Traffic
Total
528,392
523,83U
1,051,065
1,161
1,052,226
557,910
562,005
1,119,319
596
1,119,915
+ Tonnage figures for the Detroit River, as given by the Corps of Engineers,
do not include Canadian-Canadian or Canadian-Foreign trade. Figures for
this type of trade are kept at Sault Ste. Marie, and in 1961, 9,998,357
tons of such commerce are recorded at that point. A figure of 9,157,790
tons of eastbound commerce is recorded, and based on this, it is estimated
that about 7,500*000 tons of this foreign commerce passes through the
Detroit River unrecorded by the Corps of Engineers or by Canada.
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TABLE l-II (CONTINUED).
WATERBORNE COMMERCE OF THE DETROIT RIVER
COMPARATIVE TRAFFIC
Year
Tons
Passengers
1962
100,039,108
1,119,915
1961
96,185,995
1,052,226
I960
111,165,158
1,092,975
1959
92,618,1*15
1,1U0,929
1958
87,878,763
979,021
1957
130,515,923
873,1*20
1956
121*,8^9,617
1,078,1*52
1955
132,507,367
1,100,1*71*
TRANSACTIONS OF PORTS ON THE DETROIT RIVER
1961
1962 -
u.s;.
.Overseas Imports
171,131
233,1*86
U.S.
Overseas Exports
526 , 087
303,109
U.S.
Receipts of Canadian Shipments
1,587,01*5
2,1*78,221
U.S.
Shipments to Canadian Ports
210,911*
182,826
U.S.
Coastwise Receipts
6b, 080
81,11*6
U.S.
Coastwise Shipments
114,616
13,173
U.S.
Lakewise Receipts
20,958,960
22,337,730
U.S.
Lakewise Shipments
1,07U,196
1,060,533
U.S.
Internal Shipping Receipts
30,707
55,791
U.S.
Internal Shipping Shipments
68,11*7
135,521
EXPLANATION OF TERMINOLOGY
Overseas Exports and Imports refers to tonnage shipped through the Detroit
River by the United States to and from foreign ports, including the Canal
Zone.
Canadian Exports and Imports refers to the shipping trade between the United
States and Canada.
Coastwise Shipping refers to domestic traffic involving transportation over
the ocean, e.g., Chicago to Boston.
Lakewise Shipping refers to traffic between U.S. ports on the Great Lakes
System.
Internal Shipping refers to traffic involving carriage on both inland water-
ways and the waters of the Great Lakes System.
Local commerce includes movement of freight within the confines of a single
arm or channel of a port, or within the limits of a port having only one
project, arm, or channel, except ferries. The term is also applied to
marine products, sand, and gravel taken from the Great Lakes.
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Over 150 different types of cargo were transported through the river
during the 1961 and 1962 seasons. These varied from bulk products like iron
ore to highly developed products such as steam turbines. The largest cargo
to be shipped overseas was scrap iron and steel with l,06Li,828 tons passing
down the river during the year 1961. Rolled and finished steel mill products
constituted the largest foreign import with 188,768 tons passing through the
river or being unloaded in the Detroit port area during the 1962 season. In
the domestic and U.S.-Canadian trade categories, the largest downbound tonnage
consisted of iron ore and concentrates with 3U,986,7iil tons of the material
being recorded in 1962. The largest upbound cargo was bituminous coal and
lignite, with 26,UU6,2ia.9 tons passing up the river during the 1962 season.
The ships traversing the river varied from tugboats and great lakes
freighters to the latest ocean vessels. One downbound vessel had a maximum
draft of 28 feet while 8,825 of the vessels over the two year period had a
draft of 12 feet or less.
A glance at the passenger traffic figures will show that the majority of
the passenger traffic is confined to the Detroit area. The primary cause of
the excessive local traffic is the Bob-Lo Excursion Company's pleasure boats,
the S.S. St. Claire and S.S. Columbia, which run frequent excursion trips to
Bois Blanc Island off the southern tip of Grosse lie.
DREDGING OPERATIONS
The dredging operations in the Project's study area come under the juris-
diction of the U.S. Army Engineer District, Detroit, Corps of Engineers.
These operations of the Corps are divided into the major categories of New
Work and Maintenance Work, consisting of items discussed below. All of the
work under their direction is handled either by their own equipment and person-
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nel or is contracted out to low bidders. Figures l-II and 2-II show the areas
of new work and maintenance dredging operations along with the designated
disposal sites.
Mew Work
1. Trenton Channel
The Trenton Channel, on the westerly side of the Detroit River and nine
miles in lenth, flows in a southerly direction between the Michigan mainland
on one side and Grassy Island, Michigan and Grosse lie, Michigan on the other
side. The Wyandotte Reach of the Trenton Channel extends from the junction
with the Detroit River at the head of Fighting Island; downstream to the Grosse
lie toll bridge. The Trenton Reach extends further downstream in the natural
channel on the westerly side of Grosse lie to the turning basin at the City .of
Trenton.
The work scheduled by the Corps of Engineers for improvement of the Tren-
ton Channel provided for the following:
a. A channel 300 ft. wide and 27 ft. deep in the Wyandotte Reach, extend-
ing for a distance of about six miles from the Detroit River through channel
to a point just downstream of the Grosse lie toll bridge.
b. A channel 300 ft. wide and 28 ft. deep in Trenton Reach, extending for
a distance of about one mile from the 27-foot deep channel just downstream of
the Upper Grosse lie Bridge to, and including, a turning basin 28 feet in depth
and about 15 acres in area outside the dredging project channel limits at the
McLouth Steel Corporation dock.
The Corps of Engineers divided this work into three sections for purposes
of bidding and awarding of contracts. These sections are as follows:
Section A - Comprising all of the work required in 6,U$0 feet of the
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Wyandotte Reach. The materials in this section to be
excavated consist principally of sand, clay and gravel,
which are being pumped into the Mud Island dike by a 20-
inch hydraulic pipeline dredge. The pay quantity for this
section was calculated as 180,000 cubic yards and a contract
amounting to $299>8lO awarded to Price Brothers - McClung
Division, Price Brothers Company, Dayton, Ohio. Work began
around mid-April 1963 and was completed during the month of
June 1963.
Section B - Comprising all of the work in the lower 22,b50 feet of the
Wyandotte Reach between the lower end of the Upper Wyandotte
Reach and a point approximately 700 feet downstream of the
Grosse lie toll bridge. The excavated material in this sec-
tion also consists principally of sand, clay and gravel and
comprises a pay quantity of 12^,600 cubic yards. This mater-
ial was deposited in a dump area located in Lake Erie south
of the Detroit River Light between the West Outer Channel and
East Outer Channel. This work was contracted to Peter Kiewit
Sons Company, Omaha, Nebraska.
Section C - Comprising all of the work required between a point approxi-
mately 700 feet downstream of the Grosse lie toll bridge and
a point approximately 5,800 feet downstream of the bridge,
including the turning basin. This section consists princi-
pally of a limestone ledge rock wich a sand, gravel, clay
and silt overburden. A portion of the material, 100,000 cubic
yards was hauled by dump and/or deck scows to Mud Island where
it was rehandled by a land-based plant in the construction of
the Mud Island dike. The remaining 3^2,700 cubic yards of pay
quantity was hauled to the Lake Erie Disposal area in dump
scows. The contract for this section was awarded to the Dun-
bar and Sullivan Dredging Company, Detroit, Michigan. The
cost of sections B and C together amounted to $U,U91,036.
2. East Outer Channel
Dredging operations in the East Outer Channel were confined to an
area 35,000 feet in length beginning about 6,000 feet down channel from the
Detroit River Lighthouse. The pay quantity of excavated material in the chan-
nel was 2,769,000 cubic yards of clay with some sand and gravel. Disposal was
in the dump ground located between the East and West Outer Channels. Work was
under contract in September 1962 and completed in October 1962.
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Maintenance Work
1. Rouge River
The dredging of the channels of the Main Rouge, Old Rouge and Short
Cut Canal commencing at the Ford Motor Company turning basin and extending
to the Detroit River are classified as maintenance work. Dredging opera-
tions are annual and commence about the middle of September and continue
until just before Christmas. In 1962,approximately 1?U,000 cubic yards
of silt, industrial waste and clay was removed and hauled by the U.S.
Hopper Dredge Hains to Grassy Island and pumped within the diked area. In
1963, 2^5,000 cubic yards were removed. Table 2-II represents a summary of
the average chemical constituents of the Rouge River shoal material as re-
ported by the Corps of Engineers.
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TABLE 2-II. CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS ROUGE RIVER SHOAL MATERIAL
RESULTS EXPRESSED IN PERCENT OF SAMPLE
1962 1963
Location Carbon & Organic Insol. Carbon & Organic Insert".
No/ Fe203 CaO MgO AI2O3 Loss on Ignition Sil.Mat. Fe20^ CaO NgO AlgO^ Loss on Ignition Sil. Mat.
1
17. h
3.U
a.i
1.1
16.8
55.a
13.9
10,6
1.5
5.9
18.6
a7.2
2
11.6
U.6
5.2
6.8
20.9
a9.2
13.5
7.0
1.2
5.3
19.6
51.9
3
21.9
2.5
2.7
1.7
19.0
52.0
13.7
8.3
1.1
6.3
19.7
a9.3
h
13.8
l.l
a.3
6.1
17.7
55.3
2o.a
a.3
1.6
a.7
20.0
a6.5
5
16.1
U.8
2.1
3.8
21.2
51.8
22.9
3.a
1.3
a.9
22.0
a2.8
6
15.7
h. 5
1.8
6.8
21.1
a9.8
10.5
a.3
1.7
1.8
18.3
63.1
7
18.6
3.3
3.9
3.1
21.6
a9.2
16.6
a.i
1.2
a.2
21.a
51.2
8
16.2
6.1
Tr
2.7
20.6
52.3
17.9
3.8
1.5
9.1
18.a
a7.i
9
12.5
5.0
1.3
2.2
17.a
61.1
10.0
8.1
1.0
i.a
12.8
6a.8
10
17. U
a.9
3.6
1.3
22.8
a8.3
9.0
5.5
3-.0
1.7
15.3
66.8
11
12.3
6.0
Tr
a.i
22.0
55.3
10.2
5.1
1.1
1.8
20.8
60.0
12
6.1
13.2
Tr
0.1
a2.7
37.5
7.6
7.0
Tr
1.3
35.9
a7.8
13
2.6
10.3
2.1
2.1
a2.3
ao.o
9.6
6.7
1.7
1.8
3 9.6-
39.9
1U
8.a
8.0
7.6
a.a
22.9
as.i
5.9
8.7
Tr
3.a
31.5
a9.2
15
5.1
a.2
7.3
10.7
22.0
50.5
12.0
9.2
1.0
1.2
33.1
ao.o
16
3.1*
11.2.
2.1
0.8
29,0
53.1
10.1
8.6
1.6
1.5
a2.9
3a.2
17
h.9
11.7
2.6
3.0
21.7
55.7
8.0
6.8
1.0
1.0
30.3
52.2
18
5.5
6.6
1.7
a.2
22.3
59.1
6.2
8.3
1.1
1.8
22.2
59.5
19
S.h
6.8
1.0
a.a
17.0
6a.7
2.5
6.6
1.3
1.9
17.8
69.1
20
6.7
8.1
1.0
5.9
9.1
69.0
7.6
10.2
1.8
1.8
26.0
52.0
21
5.5
10.0
2.3
5.6
ia.5
61.7
10.5
20.2
1.6
0.7
29.2
37.2
22
6.9
7.2
2.7
3.1
17.9
61.7
7.9
12.6
1.2
i.a
23.3
52.8
1. Data furnished by the Corps of Engineers
2. See Figure l-II
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The costs of maintenance dredging by the Corps of Engineers in the Rouge
were $206,288 in 1962 and $2J>8,52U in 1963. To help defray the cost of dredg-
ing various industries were charged an amount (see Table 3-II) commensurate
with the cost of removing that portion of the dredged material deposited by
industrial waste discharges,
la. Detroit River
The Corps of Engineers removes some 100,000 cubic yards annually from the
Livingstone Channel and 200,000 cubic yards annually from the East Outer
Channel. The upper Livingstone Channel annual maintenance dredging is prim-
arily carried out to remove diked material (rocks and boulders) which wave
action has caused to topple into the channel. The lower Livingstone Channel
and the East Outer Channel operation consists of removal of solids originating
upstream and deposited in areas where the velocity decreases as the river
approaches and enters Lake Erie.
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TABLE 3-H. PARTICIPATING COSTS - ROUGE RIVER MAINTENANCE DREDGING
Industry Year
Ford Motor Company 1962
1963
Scott Paper Company 1962
1963
Allied Chemical Corporation-
Solvay Process Division 1962
1963
American Cement Corporation-
Peerless Cement Division Fixed Annual Charge
Amount
17,0^1.11
35,671.83
1,836.5U
8,701.66
h,hS9.k9
5,379.53
3,500.00
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2. Raisin River
Monroe Harbor dredging is classified as maintenance work and in 1962
and 1963 consisted of dredging from the Monroe Harbor terminal turning basin
to a point about 8,000 feet into Lake Erie. This is an annual operation and
usually takes place during the month of October. Two hundred and seventy one
thousand cubic yards of excavated material consisting principally of silt,
paper pulp and clay was hauled by the U.S. Hopper Dredge Hoffman to a disposal
area in Lake Erie in 1962. Similar operations were repeated in 1963 with
390,000 cubic yards of material being removed by the U.S. Hopper Dredge Lyman.
The costs of maintenance dredging by the Corps of Engineers in the Raisin
River were $58,77U in 1962 and $128,536 in 1963.
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Commercial Fish Catches
Records of the Michigan Department of Conservation over the last 18 years
show significant variations in the amount of catch of various species of fish.
Catches from Lake Erie by Michigan fishermen for 5 scattered years in the last
two decades expressed in pounds of fish presented in Table it-II.
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TABLE 1*-II. COMMERCIAL FISH CATCHES IN LAKE ERIE BY 141CHIGAN FISHERMEN
Fish
19bl*
191*8
1952
1957
1961
1962
1963
Blue Pike
19,651
2148
Bowfin
8,31*5
8,076
1,200
10
Buffalo
80 3
1*,097
13,931*
Bullheads
1*7,1*22
51,15)4
16,153
52,288
8,983
7,132
3,51*5
Burbot
31
11*6
50
Carp
599,265
533,885
893,325
620,351*
1,297,792
1,275,626
833,21*1
Catfish
35,397
27,111
27,636
56,536
85,557
51,61*6
1*0,533
Chubs
Garfish
Gizzard Shad
1,080
1,1*89
Goldfish
1,182
699
50
Lake Herring
Lake Trout
Lake Whitefish
669
9,1*91
729
Mooneyes
1*1*2
Menominee
Whitefish
Northern Pike
10,1*39
2,011*
2,161
1,190
79
71
Rock Bass
2,920
7,902
520
520
651*
251
3
Round White-
fish
Saugers
5,893
U,l*19
802
11*5
Sheepshead
120,823
80,327
32,388
61*, 637
9l* ,l*9li
82,292
71,321
Smelt
12
Sturgeon
68
61
1*2
Suekers
62,259
56,1*71
60,905
White Bass
51*, 668
32,865
65,1*88
1*5,029
159,31*1
210,201
126,121
White & Red-
Horse Suckers
35,19b
11,733
27,1*96
19,128
Yellov? Perch
19,775
17,b80
1*0,522
109,2014
103,608
96,875
89,701
Yellow Pike
225,878
It 02,908
285,130
288,509
105,091*
52,912
93,01*7
Total 1,157,772
1,2148,286
1,395,273
1,258,561
1,921,351*
1,837,6143
1,332,1*61*
Value
$122,078.1*5
$109,032.95
$11*5,159.68
$101,618.13
$9l*,59l*.3<
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The fish are not necessarily caught in the Michigan waters of Lake Erie since
the fishermen living in the State of Michigan may enter into Lake Erie waters
of other States.
Records obtained from the Michigan Department of Conservation date back
through 19UU.
The figures show interesting rises and declines in the fish catches.
Fish showing a definite decline through the years are the bowfin, northern
pike and the sauger. Others such as the bullhead, catfish, sheepshead, white
bass, and yellow pike exhibit fluctuations in catch through the years, while
the yellow perch and carp show a definite rising trend in the catch. Lake
Erie also yielded good catches of whitefish, lake herring, and ciscoe until
the turn of the century when their population was decimated.
Waterfowl
The Detroit River is known as a major staging area for migrations of
canvasbacks, redheads, scaups, and black ducks, using the Atlantic and
Mississippi flyways. As a canvasback feeding area, the Detroit River is in ¦
a class with the famous marshes of Chesapeake Bay. In the Great Lakes region,
the area is considered among the few remaining areas providing habitat signifi-
cant to waterfowl. The principal reason for this notability is the estimated
6,000 acres of shoal water on the American side of the Detroit River between
the Ambassador Bridge and the head of Lake Erie. These- shoal areas contain
wild celery, coont.ail, water milfoil, various pondweeds, ana waterweed, all
preferred natural waterfowl foods. The celery beds constitute one of the few
good winter feeding grounds for the canvasbacks in the Great Lakes region.
Associated with these plant beds are snails and other crustaceans which are
important animal foods for the diving ducks.
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The biologists from the Department of Interior's Bureau of Sport Fisher-
ies and Wildlife and the Michigan Conservation Department have conducted ser-
ial surveys of waterfowl use in the Detroit River between the Ambassador
Bridge and Lake Erie during various seasons. Since 1950, the minimum winter
duck population was 5,000 in the 1961-62 period and the maximum population of
approximately 100,000 in the winter of 1963-6U. Approximately 2li,000 were
observed during the 1962-63 season. The minimum spring population of lLi,000
was found in 19h9-50 and the maximum of 70,000 in 195k-55. The fall season is
divided into the three periods of pre-waterfowl, mid-waterfowl and post-water-
fowl seasons. The minimums and maximum along with their respective years are
as follows:
Pre-waterfowl season - U,U00 (1952-53) to 12,200 (19U9-50)
Mid-waterfowl season - 5,500 (1959-60) to 293,000 (1953-5U)
Post-waterfowl season - 25,500 (195U-55) to 95,000 (1952-53)
During the last few years, the canvasback variety has accounted for approx-
imately 65 percent of the waterfowl using the area.
The Wyandotte National Wildlife Refuge was established by Public Law
87-119, dated August 3, 1961. This game refuge is located on Grassy and
Mamajuda Islands in the lower Detroit River. This refuge is in addition to
the 2600-acre game preserve at Pointe Mouillee. '
The Public Health Service report presented at the first session of the
Conference in 1962 referred to a major duck kill due to pollution in the
Detroit River in I960 which involved approximately 12,000 birds. The Michigan
Department of Conservation records contain no report of duck kills attributable
to pollution during the past three years.
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RECREATIONAL USES
Recreational Areas
The majority of the recreational areas within the Project's limits are
tabulated in Table 5-II ana presented in Figures 3-II and Ii-II.
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Facilities are divided into five geographical areas, numbered Area I - V,
with approximate boundaries as follows:
Area I The shoreline between Windmill Point and confluence
of the Detroit River with the Rouge River.
Area II The shoreline of the Detroit River between the Rouge and
Ecorse Rivers.
Area III The shoreline of the Detroit River and Lake Erie between the
Ecorse and Huron Rivers.
Area IV The Lake Erie shoreline between the Huron and Raisin Rivers.
Area V The Lake Erie shoreline between the Raisin River and the
Michigan-Ohio line.
The facilities listed in column 5 are general, and in some cases may not
be complete. The code explanation is as follows:
A •
Athletic facilities (tennis, baseball, etc.)
Am
-
Amusement facilities (ferris wheel r:_des, etc.)
Bh
-
Bathhouse
C
-
Concession stand
D
-
Dance pavilion
F
-
Fishing area
G
-
Golf course and/or driving range
L
-
Extensive landscaping
M
-
Marina facilities and boat rentals
Mu
-
Music facilities (bandstand, music shell)
Pa
-
Picnic areas
Pg
-
Playground (children's equipment, etc.)
R
-
Boat Ramp
Sb
-
Swimming (beach)
Sp
-
Swimming (pool)
Wp
-
Wading pool or spray pool
17-11
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TABLE 5-H. RECREATIONAL AREAS
AREA I
PARK AREA
OWNERSHIP
WATER
FRONTAGE
AREA
(ac)
FACILITIES
ATTENDANCE
(Year)
ESTIMATED (1)
VALUE
($)
Riverside Playfield
City of Detroit
870 ft.
10.2
R PG
h7h,000.00
Gabriel Richard Park
City of Detroit
1,638 ft.
21.9
Pg A L
j8,000,000.00
Owen Park
City of Detroit
1*27 ft.
8.2
Pg L
G100,000.00
Detroit Memorial Park
City of Detroit
1,181 ft.
33.3
M a Wp
1,570,500.00
Stockton Park
City of Detroit
300 ft.
2.75
L
G10,000.00
Engel Park
City of Detroit
663 ft.
3b. 32
A Pa R L
g357,ooo.oo
Peter Maheras Playfield
City of Detroit
1,232 ft.
53
A Pa
GU20,000.00
Brush Ford Park
City of Dsjl.roit
2,928 ft.
33.3
Pa Pg
650,000.00
Lakewood East Park
City of Detroit
Included
in Above
28.0
M
Included
in above
Belle Isle
City of Detroit
Island
927
Sb Mu A G C
Pa Pr M
12,000,000
(1959)
r,
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TABLE 5-II.
RECREATIONAL AREAS (CONTINUED)
PARK AREA
OWNERSHIP
WATER
FRONTAGE
AREA
(ac)
FACILITIES
ATTENDANCE
(Year)
ESTIMATED
VALUE
($)
AREA II
Henry Belanger Park
City of River Rouge
6Uh ft.
10
R C Pg
75,000
600,000.00
Ecorse Park
Wayne County
3
L
200,000
AREA III
Bishop Park
City of Wyandotte
1260 ft.
9.2
A Wp Mu
7,500.00
Riverview Municipal Marina
City of Riverview
85 ft/
R
Elizabeth Park
Wayne County
3600 ft.
162
Pa Pg A R
750,000
AREA IV
Sterling State Park
State of Michigan
7800 ft.
62I4
Sb C Bh Pa
911,2h6(»6C
1,239,216C5S
)
)
Kress Park
Private
LOO ft.
Pa Bh Pr
AREA V
Toledo Beach
Private
600 ft.
Pa Sb Am
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Marina Facilities
One of the fastest growing recreational uses of water in the Detroit area
as well as the entire United States is pleasure boating. Figures presented
by the Outboard Boating Club of America show that over $2,500,000,000 was spent
on recreational boating in the United States in 1962 as compared with
$720,000,000 a decade earlier.
Estimation of the actual amount of usage of a water resource for pleasure
boating is a difficult task, but a fair evaluation can be obtained by tabula-
ting the various indicators of boating popularity such as marina facilities,
boat registrations and boat launchings.
The major marinas and the number of boat wells they represent are tabu-
lated in Table 6-II and presented in Figures 3-II and h-II. The areas into
which the facilities are located contain the same boundaries as those areas in
the preceding section.
20-11
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TABLE 6-II. MARINA FACILITIES SUMMARY
AREA I
Marina Name
Address
# of
Boat
Wells
# of
Boats
in
Summer
Living
Aboard
# Boats
with
Treat.
Devices
Type of
7ater
Supply
# or
Toilet
Facil-
ities
Type of
Treatment
# of
Rental
Boats
Bayview Yacht Club
Ft. of Clairpoint
Detroit
69
65
0
0
City
5
Det.STP
0
Browns Marina
lhh55 Riverside
Detroit
16
16
0
0
City
2
Det STP
0
Detroit Boat Basin
9666 E. Jefferson
Detroit
200
200
0
3
City
h
Det STP
0
Detroit Boat Club
Belle Isle
72
72
0
0
City
17
Det STP
0
Detroit Yacht Club
Belle Isle
281t
28U
15
N.A.
N.A.
City
City
il
Det STP
0
Edison Boat Club
-h0
25-U0
0
3
Det STP
0
Gregory Marina
129
129
0
N.A.
City
a
Det STP
0
Keans Detroit
Yacht Harbor
100 Meadowbrook
Detroit
300
2$0
0
5-10
City
2
Det STP
0
Memorial Park Marina
27h
27U
6-30
some
City
1
Det STP
0
Harbor Hill Marina
60
35
0
0
City
1
Det STP
0
Roostertail Marina
100 Marquette
Detroit
88
88
0
1
City
3
Det STP
0
Sinbads Marina
100 St. Clair
Detroit
10U
100
0
0
City
2
Det STP
0
Sinbads Marina Inc.
11200 Freud
Detroit
226
226
2
0
City
2
Det STP
0
. ,
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i
M
M
TABLE 6-II. MARINA FACILITIES SUMMARY (CONTINUED)
AREA I
Marina Name
%
Address
#of
Boat
Wells
# of
Boats
in
Summer
Living
Aboard
# Boats
with
Treat.
Devices
Type of
Water
Supply
# of
Toilet
Facili-
ties
Type of
Treatment
# of
Rental
Boats
St. Clair Sail Club
Just North
of Gregorys
30
2b
0
0
City
2
Det STP
0
Windmill Point Boat Co.
1U301 Riverside
Detroit
62
62
0
NA
City
0
Det STP
0
Woodhaven Area (Private
Homes)
79
79
0
NA
City
0
Det STP
0
Windmill Pt. Area (Priv
ate Homes)
130
130
0
NA
City
0
Det STP
0
-
•
' •
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TABLE 6-II. MARINA FACILITIES SUMMARY
AREA II
Marina Name
%
Address
# of
Boat
Wells
# of
Boats
in
Summer
Living
Aboard
# Boats
with
Treat.
Devices
Type
Water
Supply-
# of
Toilet
Facil-
ities
Type of
Treatment
# of
Rental
Boats
Ecorse Boat Basin
U685 W. Jefferson
Ecorse
68
68
0
0
City
1
Septic Tanl
0
Nicks Marina
ljljO? W.Jefferson
Ecorse
53
S3
0
0
City
1
Septic Tanl
0
-
•
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TABLE 6-II. MARINA- FACILITIES SUMMARY
AREA III
Marina Name
%
Address
# of
Boat
Wells
# of
Boats
in
Summer
Living
Aboard
u Boats
with
Treat.
Devices
Type of
Water
Supply
ti of
Toilet
Facil-
ities
Type of
Treatment
# of
Boat
Rentals
Andy's Boat Harbor
St. John &
Perry PI, Wyan.
85
70
0
10
City
0
Wyan STP
0
Hidden Boat Harbor
693 Biddle
Wyandotte
100
100
. 0
0
Wyan
2
Wyan STP
0
Johnsons Marina
Wyandotte
5U
5U
0
0
Wyan
20
'Wyan STP
0
Mellins Marina
653 Biddle
Wvandntt.p
7^
1x5
0
NA
Wyan
2
Wyan STP
0
Pier 500
5'07 Biddle
Wyandotte
75
75
0
0
Wyan
h
Wyan STP
0
Holdens Boat Works
2775 Riverside
Trenton
15
lit
0
0
Det
0
None
0
Howey's Boat Works
2751 Riverside
Trenton
Uo
ho
0
0
Det
2 •
None
0
Liggett Boat Works
2965 Riverside
Trenton
U5
15
0
0
Det
1
Tren STP
0
Humbug Marina
N. Adams Drive
Gibraltar
200
200
0
0
City
2
Tren STP
0
Gibraltar Boat Yard
13770 Blakeley
Gibraltar
70
70
0
0
City
2
Tren STP
0
Vicks Boat Livery
9
9
0
0
City
1
Wyan
0
Elba Mar Yacht Club
23117 E. River
Grosse lie
268
265
0
0
City
2
Septic T
0
Ford Yacht Club
29500 S.Pointe
Grosse-lie
105
185
0
100
City
5
Septic T-
0
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M
TABLE 6-II. MARINA FACILITIES SUMMARY
AREA III (CONTINUED)
Marina Name
«
Address
# of
Boat
Wells
of
Boats
in
Summer
Living
Aboard
# Boats
with
Treat.
Devices
Type of
Water
Supply
# of
Toilet
Facil-
ities
Type of
Treatment
# of
Boat
Rentals
Naval Air Station
Grosse lie
50
65
0
2
City
2
Cesspool
8
Grosse lie Yacht Club
29677 Hickory
Grosse lie
121
120
0
80
City
7
Septic T
0
Hoovers
28521 E. River
Grosse lie
50
50
0
NA
Well
3
Septic T
h0
Island Boat &
Country Club
25215 W. River
Grosse lie
60
60
0
0
City
10
Septic T
0
-
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TABLE 6-II. MARINA FACILITIES SUMMARY
AREA IV
Marina Name
ft
Address
# of
Boat
Wells
# of
Boats
in
Summer
Living
Aboard
# Boats
v/ith
Treat.
Devices
Type of
Water
Supply
# of
Toilet
Facil-
ities
Type of
Treatment
# of
Rental
Boats
Bellinos Marina
100
50
0
0
Well
2
Septic T
52
Detroit Beach
Boat Club
105
31
0
NA
Well
2
Septic T
0
Lezotte Boat Livery
Pointe Mouillee
10
10
0
0
Well
1
Septic T
6
Pointe Mouillee Marina
372U5 Pt.
Mouillee, Rockv;oo<
i 36
25
0
0
Well
2
Septic T
26
Swan Boat Club
38
30
2
0
Well
2
Septic T
0
•
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TABLE 6-II. MARINA FACILITIES SUMMARY
AREA V
Marina Name
%
Address
# of
Boat
Wells
# of
Boats
in
Summer
Living
Aboard
*f Boats
with
Treat.
Devices
Type of
Water
Supply
# of
Toilet
Facil-
ities
Type of
Treatment
# of
Rental
Boats
Andrew's Boat Dock
2937 E. Sterns
N. Maumee Bay
50
50
0
NA
Pump
1
Privy
0
Bloome's Livery
Luna Pier
0
12
Bolles Harbor
Boat Liverv
7970 Harbor .Rd.
Bolles Harbor
108
108
Boats
12
0
Creek
1
Septic T
0
Rrp.wp.rs Boat Liverv
2881 E. Sterns
N. Maumee Bav
Docks
13h
^0-7 ^
Pump
1
Priw
2
Callahans Boat Livery
7976 Harbor Rd.
La Plaisance Cr.
30
20
0
0
Pump
1
Septic T
5
Du Valle Livery
U3U6 LaPointe Dr.
Luna Pier
20
Harbor Marine
13951 Bridge Dr.
La Plaisance Cr.
25
25
Pump
None
0
Joe's Boat & Bait
13U68
N. La Plaisance
111
10
0
0
Pump
1
Septic T
15
John's Marina
7330 Perch Drive
N. Maumee Bay
125
100
0
Pump
1
Septic T
3
L & E Boat Livery
13961
N. La Plaisance
Docks
22
22
0
0
None
None
6
Lost Peninsula Marina
12b
None
None
Lotus Harbor
SaTpr. ?; Service
7120 Summit St.
Halfway Creek
275
275
0
Pump
1
Septic T
10
Macks Boat Dock
29bl E. Sterns
M. Maumee Bay
j$rf*
5
0
Pump
1
Privy
0
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TABLE 6-II. MARINA FACILITIES SUMMARY
AREA V (CONTINUED)
Marina Name
%
Address
# of
Boat
Wells
# of
Boats
in
Summer
Living
Aboard
# Boats
with
Treat.
Devices
Type of
Water
Supply
# of
Toilet
Facil-
ities
Type of
Treatment
# of
Rental
Boats
Meaders Band
10712 Lakeside
Luna Pier
11;
Monroe Boat Club
La Plaisance
Creek
75
75
25 Boats
1
Pump
1
Septic T
0
Monroe Marina
66Ii7
La Plaisance Rd.
50
50
5 Boats
0
Pump
1
Septic T
0
North Cape Yacht Club
Near Toledo Beach
70 und.
constr.
Pump
1
Septic T?
Otter Creek Marina
Otter Creek
3U
Pump
1
Privy
Shoe String Marina
5800
S. Otter Creek
lii
16 by 19
>h
0
0
Pump
1 .
Septic T
0
Stanley's Boats
29k7 E. Sterns
N. Maumee Bay
it 5
us
0
Pump
1
Privy
0
Straits Boat Livery
8528 E. Dunbar
Plum Creek
12
12
0
Pump
1
Chemical 1
. Hi
Toledo Beach Marina
North of
Toledo Beach
150
5OO ultii
lately
Pump
1
Septic T.
30
-
-
'
,
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Boat Registrations and Launchings
Of the five counties chosen for the boat registration figures, all but
Oakland County have shorelines on Lake St. Clair, the Detroit River, or West-
ern Lake Erie. The northwest suburbs of Detroit are in Oakland County, and
for this reason the boat registrations for this county are also included in
the list.
Exact boat launching figures for the Wyandotte Municipal Ramp and the
Elizabeth Park ramp are available because a charge is levied at these ramps
which necessitates the keeping of launching records. There are other free pub-
lic launching ramps along the river for which usage figures are not available.
Boat Registrations (1)
Macomb County
Monroe County
Oakland County
St. Clair County
Wayne County
Total
Boat Launchings - Wyandotte Municipal
Boat Ramp (2)
1961
1962
Boat Launchings - Elizabeth Park Marina
Trenton (3)
1961
1962
Boat Launchings - Detroit Engel Parks Ramps (h)
1962 Season 18,000 (estimate)
(1) Michigan Department of State, through September 30, 1962.
(2) City of Wyandotte, 1962 figures are through October 15, 1962.
(3) Wayne County Board of Road Commissioners, through October 6, 1962.
(U) City of Detroit Department of Parks and Recreation.
18,057
5,399
37,302
7,7Wi
7l,3U2
lii3>8iiU
5,81+7
5,382
8,971
8,1+18
.29-11
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INDUSTRIAL WATER USES
The information summarized in Table 7-II is a compilation on the use of
water by Michigan industries in the study area. Figures 5-II and 6-II locate
the points of waste discharge from each industry. The order of presentation
is basically geographical, with data given first for plants on the Detroit
River beginning at the headwaters and proceeding downstream, then the indus-
tries on the River Rouge followed by those on the Raisin River. The columns
in the summaries contain some data which are general and, in some cases,
flexible. Space requirements have dictated the following coded information:
Columns 2 and 8 - Source and Discharge Point
Det Riv - Detroit
Riv Rouge - Main stem of River .Rouge
Rouge SC - Short cut canal of River Rouge
Rouge OC - Old channel of River Rouge
UG - Underground
City or
City Sewer - The water supply or treatment facilities
of the muncipality in which the plant is
located.
Rais Riv - Raisin River
Column 3 - Amount
gpm - ' gallons per minute
gph - gallons per hour
gpd - gallons per day
mgd - million gallons per day
mgy - million gallons per year
Column U - Pre-treatment (treatment of water by the industry prior to use)
i
Scr - Screening either course or fine
F - Filtered
A - Addition of alum
SA - Addition of sodium aluminate
Chi - Chlorination
3,0-11
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PAGE NOT
AVAILABLE
DIGITALLY
-------
Column 6 - Final Treatment (general treatment given wastewater prior
to discharge into receiving waters)
AF - Air Floatation
CC - Chemical coagulation
Chi - Chlorination
CI - Clarifier
DF - Drum filter
Dis - Distillation
Dp - Dephenolizing equipment
E - Excelsior filtration
GC - Grit chamber
N - Neutralization
OC - Oil centrifuging
OWS - Oil water separating apparatus
P - Ponds
PS - Primary settling
SS - Sludge sintering
SSP - Sub-surface percolation
St - Sludge thickening
Column 7 - Major Constituents
A - Acidity as CaCO^
B - Biochemical Oxygen Demand
C - Chlorides
Cn - Cyanide compounds
Cr - Chromium compounds
Fe - Soluble iron
F1 - Fluorides
N - Nitrogen compounds
0 - Oil
P - Phenols
pH - High or low pH values
S - Sulfur compounds
SS - Settleable solids
SusS- Suspended solids
T - High temperatures
X - Ether extractables
Bact- Coliform Bacteria
31-11
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TABLE 7-II. INDUSTRIAL WATER SUPPLY AND WASTE DISPOSAL
DETROIT RIVER
Industry-
Water
Waste
Source
Amount
Pre
Treatment
Use
Final
Treatment
Major
Constituent:
Discharge
; Pt.
Detroit Edison
Conners Cr.
Det Riv
208,000 gpm
(Max.)
Scr Chi
Cooling
None
T
Det Riv
City
Potable & Sanitary
City
Sewers
U.S. Rubber Co.
Det Riv
h2 mgd
Process & Cooling
CWS
Det Riv
City
0.5 mgd
Potable & Sanitary
City
Sewers
Parke Davis & Co.
Det Riv
17.3 mgd
Cooling
None
Det Riv
Det Riv
O.63 mgd
Process
SusS pH
City
Sewers
City
O.lxS mgd
Potable & Sanitary
City
Sewers
Anaconda American
Brass Co.
Det Riv
5.3 mgd
Cooling & Process
N PS
pH 0
Det Riv
Citv
0.06?^ mgd
Potable & Sanitarv
Cn
City
Sewers
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TABLE 7-II. INDUSTRIAL WATER SUPPLY AND WASTE DISPOSAL (CONTINUED)
DETROIT RIVER
Industry
Water
Waste
Source
Amount
Pre
Treatment
Use
Final
Treatment
Major
Constituents
Discharge
Pt.
Mistersky Power
Station
Det Riv
Cooling
None
T
Det Riv
City
Potable & Sanitary
City
Sewers
Revere Copper
& Brass
Det Riv
7.9 mg-d
process
ws
0 Cu
Det Riv
f.i+.y
0. 36 mej-d
Potable & Sanitary
City
Sewers
Detroit Edison
Delrav
Det Riv
190,000 gprr
(Max.)
Scr Chi
Cooling
None
T
Det Riv
City
Potable & Sanitary
City
Sewers
Great Lakes Steel
Blast Furnace
Det Riv
90 mgd
Chi
Process & Cooling
CC DF SC Dis
Dp
P Fe SusS
Det Riv
City
38,000 gpd
Potable & Sanitary
PS Chi
Det Riv
Allied Chem.
Solvay Process
Det Riv
21.6 mgd
Process & Cooling
CI ¦ P
SusS P N
Rouge OC
& Det Riv
City
Sanitary
City
Sewers
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TABLE 7-II. INDUSTRIAL WATER SUPPLY AND WASTE DISPOSAL (CONTINUED)
Detroit River
Industry
Water
Waste
Source
Amount
Pre
Treatment
Use
Final
Treatment
Major
Constituents
Discharge
Pt.
Detroit Edison
River Rouge
Det Riv
1*80,000 gpm
(Max.)
Scr Chi
Cooling
None
T
Det Riv
City
Potable & Sanitary
City
Sewers
Great Lakes Steel
Strin Mill
ii2.13 hied
Process
CI SS PS
SS 0 T
Det Riv
30.27 mgd
Cooling & Condens.
None
Det Riv
100,000 gpd
Potable & Sanitary
County
Sewers
-
Fuel Oil Corp.
City
12,21*0 gph
Vessel washing
Batch operation
CWS & E
0 SusS
Det Riv
Dana Corp.
City
O.38I1 mgd
Process & Cooling
Sanitary & Potable
None
A pH Fe P
City Sewer:
Det Riv
Great Lakes Steel
Ecorse
Det Riv
72 mgd
Chi
Cooling & Process
CWS P
A Fe SusS 0
Det Riv
City
1.1 mgd
Potable & Sanitary
County Sew
Det Riv
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TABLE 7-II. INDUSTRIAL WATER SUPPLY AMD WASTE DISPOSAL (CONTINUED)
DETROIT RIVER
Industry
Water
Waste
Source
Amount
Pre
Treatment
Use
Final
Treatment
Major
Constituents
Discharge
Pts.
E. I. DuPont
Det Riv
l.U mgd
Process & Cooling
None
Ph ' C
Det Riv
City
Sanitary & Potable
Soil Absorptioi
Wyandotte Chem.
North Pit.
Det Riv
57 mgd
Process & Cooling
P on Fighting
Island CWS
SusS 0 P N
Cn
Det Riv
City of
Wyandotte
Sanitarv & Potabler
County
Sewers
Wyandotte Chem.
South Pit.
Det Riv
Sh.7 mgd
Process & Cooling
P OWS •
C SS P 0
Det Riv
City
Potable &. Sanitary
County
Sewers
Koppers Co. Inc.
Tar Prod. Div.
Det Riv
0.802 mcd
Coolins & Process
None
dH A P
bounty Sewej
Det Riv
City of
Wyandotte
h500 gpd
Potable & Sanitary
County
Sewers
Pennsalt Chem.Corp.
Industrial Div.
Det Riv
97 mgd
Process & Cooling
None
N C SusS
Det Riv
City of
Wyandotte
Potable & Sanitarv
County
Sewers
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0
1
M
M
TABLE 7-II. INDUSTRIAL WATER SUPPLY AND WASTE DISPOSAL (CONTINUED)
DETROIT RIVER
Industry
Water
Waste
Source
Amount
Pre
Treatment
Use
Final
Treatment
Major
Constituents
Discharge
Pt.
Pennsalt Chem.Corp.
Organic Chem. Div.
Det Riv
6.77 mgd
Process & Cooling
CC CWS P
N S P dH 0 X
Monguagon
Cr.
City of
Wyandotte
Potable & Sanitary
County
sewers
-
Firestone Tire &
Rubber Co.
Det Riv
& City
1.03 mgd
A SA F
Process & Cooling
OWS P
A pH 0
Fr SusR
Det Riv
City of
Wvandotte
12,000 gpd
(est)
Potable & Sanitary
County
Sewers
McLouth Steel
Trenton
Det Riv
65.67 mgd
Process & Cooling
GC CC CI St
OC SS
SusS 0
Fe T
Det Riv
City
(1962)
2.282 mgy
Potable & Sanitary
2.06 mgd to
Wavne Co
County
Sewers
Mobil Oil Co.
Det Riv
1.12 mgd
Process & Cooling
Ps P CWS CC
AF DF Dp
Salt P X
0
Det Riv
Ci t.y
Potable & Sanitary
County
Sewers
Chrysler Corp.
Engine Pit.
City
75.000 gpd
Potable & Sanitary
Wayne Co
County
Sewers
City
1.1 mgd .
Process & Cooling
OWS AF CC
0
Elizabeth
.Park Cr..
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TABLE 7-II. INDUSTRIAL WATER SUPPLY AND WASTE DISPOSAL (CONTINUED)
DETROIT RIVER
Industry
Water
Waste
Source
Amount
Pre
Treatment
Use
Final
Treatment
Major
Constituents
Discharge
Pt.
Detroit Edison
Trenton Channel
Det Riv
250,000 gprr
(Max.)
Scr Chi
Cooling
None
T
Det Riv
City
Potable ft. Sanitarv
County
Sewers
Monsanto Chemical
Det Riv
5.76 mgd
Coolinc
P
T
Phosphates
Dpt. Riv
Citv
12.* med
Process
T")p+. Ri v
Shawinigan Resins
Corp. & Monsanto
Det Riv
383,000 gpc
Process & Cooling
P N
pH B SusS
Det Riv
Sallex Lav.
City
33,000 gpd
Potable & Sanitary
County
Sewers
Chrysler Corp.
Amplex Div.
Det Riv
0.317 mgd
Coolin.r;
None
Det Riv
City
Potable & Sanitary
County
Sewers
Chrysler Corp.
Cyc!l evjeld
Det Riv
0.265 mgd
Cooling
None
Det Riv
City
5,000 gpd
Potable & Sanitary
County
Sewers
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TABLE 7-II. INDUSTRIAL WATER SUPPLY AND WASTE DISPOSAL (CONTINUED)
DETROIT RIVER
Industry
Water
Waste
Source
Amount
Pre
Treatment
Use
Final
Treatment
Ma j or
Constituents
Discharge
Pt.
McClouth Steel
Gibraltar
Det Riv
1.6h mgd
Process & Cooling
OWS P
A Fe 0
pH SusS
Frank - &
Poet Drain
City
55 gpm
Potable & Sanitary
County
Sewer
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TABLE 7-II. .INDUSTRIAL WATER SUPPLY AND WASTE DISPOSAL (CONTINUED)
ROUGE RIVER
Industry
Water
Waste
Source
Amount
Pre
Treatment
Use
Final
Treatment
Major
Constituents
Discharge
Pt.
Allied Chem.
Semet-Solvay Div.
Det Riv
6 mgd
Scr
Process
Dp OWS
0 P
Rouge OC
City
Boilers
None
Det Riv
1.12 mgd
Process
Dp
P 0
Det Riv
Sanitary
City
Sewers
(Plastics Div.)
Allied Chem.
Det Riv
O.U75 mgd
Cooling & Process
Dp PS E
P 0
Rouge OC
City
Potable & Sanitary
-
City
Sewers
Peerless Cement Co.
East Plant
Riv Rouge
7.93 mgd
Cooling & Process
None
SusS
Rouge OC
City
Potable & Sanitary
City
Sewers
Scott Paper Co.
Rouge Riv
50 mgd
Lime Soda
Softening
Process
CI
B SusS
A oH P
Rouge OC
City
Potable & Sanitary
City
Sewer
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TABLE 7-II. INDUSTRIAL WATER SUPPLY AND WASTE DISPOSAL (CONTINUED)
ROUGE RIVER
Industry
Water
Waste
Source
Amount
Pre
Treatment
Use
Final
Treatment
Major
Constituent
Discharge
Pt.
Allied Chem.
General Chem. Div.
Rouge Riv
9.11 mgd
Chi
Process
P
A dH
Rouere SC
City
Pntahl p. K- Sanitarv
rsp
County
Sowers
American Agric.
Chem. Co.
Rouee Riv
0.^77 mpd
Cooling & Process
Potable & Sanitary
None
F1 dH
Rouse Riv
Ford Motor Co.
Rouge Complex
Rouge OC
350-600 mgc
Scr
Cooling Process
C-C CI OWS
ST DF
SusS P Cn
N 0 dH
^iv Rouge
ft. UG
All
Sources
913 mgd
(1963)
Citv
Potable & Sanitary
City
Spiers
Darling & Co.
Rouge Riv
1.13 mgd
Process & Cooling
Chi P
Bact SusS
B N 0
Rouge Riv
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TABLE 7-II. INDUSTRIAL WATER SUPPLY AND WASTE DISPOSAL (CONTINUED)
LAKE ERIE
Industry
Water
Waste
~
Source
Amount
Pre
Treatment
Use
Final
Treatment
Ma j or
Constituents
Discharge
PT.
Detroit Edison
Enrico Ferni
Lake Erie
135,000 gp
a
Cooling &
Condensing
N.A.
T
Swan Cr. &
Lake Erie
Lake Erie
16,100 gp
i
Demineralizing
Regenerating
Swan Cr. &
Take Erie
200 gpm
Potable & Sanitary
Swan Cr. &
Lake Erie
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TABLE 7-II. INDUSTRIAL WATER SUPPLY AND WASTE DISPOSAL (CONTINUED)
RAISIN RIVER
Industry-
Water
Waste
Source
Amount
Pre
Treatment
Use
Final
Treatment
Major
Constituent:
Discharge
Pt.
Ford Motor Co.
Monroe
Lake Erie
2.0 mgd
F Chi
Cooling & Process
CC CI
Raisin Riv
Lake Erie
126 mgd
Dilution
Cn 0
Raisin Riv
Lake Erie
0.168 mgd
F Chi
Potable & Sanitary
PS Chi
Bact
Raisin Riv
Consolidated Paper
Southside Plant
Lake Erie
& Wells
7 mgd
Process
CI
Bact
SusS B
Raisin Riv
City
Sanitary & Potable
City
Sewer
River Raisin Paper
h.573 mgd
Process
CC CI
SusS B
Mason Run
City
Potable & Sanitary
City
Sewer
Consolidated Paper
Northside Plant
Lake Erie
7.533 mgd
Process
CC CI
SusS B
Bact
Mason Run&
Raisin Riv
City
Sanitary & Potable
City
Sewer
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TABLE 7-II. INDUSTRIAL WATER SUPPLY A!® WASTE DISPOSAL (CONTINUED)
RAISIN RIVER
Industry-
Water
Waste
Source
Amount
«
Pre
Treatment
Use
Final
Treatment
Major
Constituents
Discharge
Pt.
Consolidated Paper
Westside Plant
Raisin Riv
1.15 mgd
Process
CC CI
City
Sanitary & Potable
R
City
Spwpr
Monroe Auto
Equipment Co.
City
O.Ol^? med
Prnnfiss
0
Raisin Riv
& City
City
Potable & Sanitarj
City
Sev;er
•
Monroe Psper
Prnriunts
Raisin Riv
2.21 mpd
Process
cc cr
SusS B
Bact
Raisin Riv
City
Potable & Sanitary
City
Sewer
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MUNICIPAL WATER USES
The data presented in Table 8-II have been extracted from the State of
Michigan, Municipal Water Facilities Inventory as of January 1, 1963. This
inventory was recently updated by the Michigan Department of Health to reflect
changes which have occurred since the last published inventory of 1958. Loca-
tions of municipal water intakes in the study area are shown in Figures 6"-II ,
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Detailed Notes for Columns:
Column 1 - Community
Communities which serve one or more additional communities are preceded
by an asterisk.
Column 3 - Estimated Population Served (1963)
This is the estimated total number of people served by the facility shown
in Column 6 - Source of Supply. The number enclosed in parentheses indicates
the people are served by some other facility.
Column h - ?\Tumber of Accounts
This number represents the total number of accounts served by the facility.
Column 5 - Number of Meters
This number represents the total number of meters used in the water system.
Column 6 - Source of Supply
The following are the abbreviations used and for what they stand:
W.C.M.W.A. - Wayne County Metropolitan Water Authority.
W.C.M.W.S. - Wayne County Metropolitan Water Supply.
Column 7 - Rated Capacity
This figure is the maximum rated capacity (MGD) on the basis of design,
where possible.
Column 8 - Average Daily Output
This column contains the average daily output of the system during'1962
or the latest year of record if not otherwise noted.
Column 9 - Treatment
Where the treatment is at all extensive, one or more symbols identifying
the general type or function of the plant precede those used to identify the
particular treatment plant or method. In general, a plant is not classified
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as a "purification plant" unless filters having fine granular material (sand
or anthracite) are'used.
Principal treatment features, identified by capitalized letters, are fur-
ther described by lower case letters following them. In general, the symbols
are arranged in the order in which treatment occurs. Combination units per-
forming more than one function in a single structure are denoted by enclosing
the appropriate symbols in parentheses. Enclosures in brackets indicate par-
allel or alternate operation.
Treatment methods are coded as follows:
Type of Plant
P - Purification
H - Softening
I - Iron or manganese removal
Treatment or Device
A - Aeration
Ac .. contact beds or trays, coke or other material
Am .. patented aerator
As .. spray aerator
At .. overflow trays cascade or other splash aerator
Ao .. other type aerator
Af .. forced draft aerator
C - Chemical dosage for coagulation or softening
Ca .. alum
Ci .. iron salts
CI .. lime
Cs .. soda ash
Ct .. activated silica
Co .. other coagulant
D - Disinsection
Dc .. chlorine gas
Dd .. dechlorination
Dh .. hypochlorites
Ds .. free residual chlorine
Dx .. chlorine dioxide
Dz .. ozone
Do .. other means
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F - Filters
Fa .. anthrafilt
Fe .. roughing or contact
Fd .. diatomaceous earth
Fg .. gravity (slow)
Fp .. pressure
Fr .. gravity (rapid)
Fs .. sand
Fz .. zeolite
Fm .. micro strainers
K - Chemical dosage for corrosion correction or water stabilization
Kc .. phosphate compounds
Kg .. chlorine gas
Kh .. hypochlorite
Ko .. sodium silicate
Kp .. alkali feed for pH adjustment
M - Mixing device or tank
Ma .. air agitation
Mb .. baffle mix
Mh .. hydraulic (standing wave flume)
Mi .. injection or pump suction
Mp .. slow mechanical mix
Ms .. patented sludge blanket
Mt .. rapid mechanical mix
(MtpsSv) .. "Liquon Reactor"; "AcceLator"; or "Precipitator"
N - Ammoniation
Nc .. ammonium compound
Ng .. ammonia gas
R - Recarbonation
S - Sedimentation
Sb .. basins, baffled (other than inlet or outlet)
Sc .. covered basins (other than housed)
Sm .. mechanical sludge removal
So .. open basin (may be in plant building)
Sv .. upflow cylindrical tanks
(MtpsSv) .. "Liquon Reactor"; "Accelatcr"; or "Precipitator"
T - ChGTiical taste and odor control
?c .. activated carbon
To .. chlorine dioxide
Ts .. sulfur dioxide
Iz .. ozone
To .. other
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V - Fluoride adjustment
Va .. hydrofiuosilicic acid
Vs .. sodium silicofluoride
Vt .. sodium fluoride
Ve .. ammonium silicofluoride
Yo .. other fluorides
V .. fluoride reduction
2 ~ 1*2 ppm natural fluoride
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TABLE 8-II. MUNICIPAL WATER USE
Community
County
Estimated
Population
Served
1963
Number
of
Accounts
Number
of
Meters
Source
of
Sunply
Rated
Capacity
(MGD)
Average
Daily
Output
(MGD)
Treatment
Allen Park
Wayne
(37,@00)
10,133
10,133
W.C.M.W.S.
Berkley-
Oakland
(23,300)
6,6l8
6,618
S.E.O.W.A.
_
Beverly Hills
Oakland
(5,000)
X
X
S.E.O.W.A.
—
—
Birmingham
Oakland
(25,500)
7,716
7,716
S.E.O.W.A.
-
-
—
Brownstown Twp.
Wayne
(U.ooo)
36U
36U
Flat Rock
W.C.M.W.S.
Canton Twp.
Wayne
(300)
75
75
Detroit
Centerline
Macomb
(10,200)
2,231
2,231
Detroit
Clawson
Oakland
(Hi. 900)
h. 193
1.193
S.E.O.W.A.
Dearborn
Wayne
(112,500)
32,366
32,366
Detroit
Dearborn Twp.
Wa^ne
(79r800)
17.571
17.571
W.C.M.W.S.
Detroit
Wayne
(3,211,600)
339,000
389,000
Detroit
Hi vpr
11UU
h87
P-Dc Ca Tc Mtbp
Sc Frs Dc
Detroit Water
YJks. Pk. Pit.
760,000
C5fi)
320
191
(158)
Detroit Spring-
wells Pit,
673(?$)
163
C58)
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TABLE 8-II. MUNICIPAL WATER USE (CONTINUED)
Community
County
Estimated
Population
Served
1963
Number
of
Accounts
Number
of
Meters
Source
of
Supply
Rated
Capacity
(MGD)
Average
Daily
Output
(MGD)
i
Treatment
Detroit
Northeast Pit,
b77,000
('58)
192
( '63)
115
(158'
Detroit
Southuest Pit,
200,000
Detroit
River
150
75
(est)
East Detroit
Macomb
(it5/300)
12,U82
12,182
Detroit
Ecorse
Wayne
(17, It 00)
h,$0$
U.505
Detroit
Farrnington
Oakland
(6,900)
2,137
2,137
Detroit
Farmington Twp.
Oakland
(2,900)
760
780
Detroit
Ferndale
Oakland
(31,U00)
9,7lt5
9,7lt5
Detroit
Flat Rock
Wayne
7,000
Huron River
1.0
P-Dc Calo (MtpsSV)
Frs Dc Kn
Garden City
Wayne
(38,300)
9,506
9,506
W.C.M.W.S.
Gibraltar
Wayne
(2,500)
835
035
W.C.M.W.S.
Grosse lie Twp.
Wayne
(6,700)
1,770
1,770
VJ.C.M.W.S.
Grosse Poi.nte Pk.
Wayne
(15,14 00)
3,995
3,995
Detroit
Grosse Pointe
Shores
Wayne
(2,14 00)
725
725
Detroit
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TABLE 8-II. MUNICIPAL WATER USE (CONTINUED)
Community
County
Estimated
Population
Served
1963
Number
of
Accounts
Number
of
Meters
Source
of
Supply
Rated
Capacity
Average
Daily
Output
Treatment
Grosse Pointe
Woods
Wavne
(18,800)
5,563
5,563
Detroit
Hamtramck
Wayne
(3U,100)
7,867
7,867
Detroit
Harper Woods
Wayne
(20,000)
5,318
5,318
Detroit
Hazel Park
Oakland
(25,300)
7,526
7,526
Detroit via
Royal Oak Twy.
Huntington Woods
Oakland
(8,700)
2.U3
2,113
S.E.O.W.A.
_
Huron Twp.
Wayne
(S00)
222
222
Detroit
Inkster
Wayne
(39,100)
9,959
9,959
Detroit
-
-
Lathrup Village
Oakland
(3,600)
1,066
1,066
S.E.O.W.A.
-
-
Lincoln Park
Wayne
(5h,000)
Hi, 751
114,751
Detroit
_
_
T.ivonia
Wayne
(67,500)
18,125
18,125
Detroit
_
Madison Heights
Oakland
(33,'j 00)
8,975
8,975
Detroit via
Royal Oak Tvr
f/elvindale
Wayne
(13,100)
3,61.8
3,61.8
Detroit
Monroe
Monroe
2U,500
8,000
8,000
Lake Erie
8.0
3.0
PDc Cal MSv Frs
Ng Vs
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TABLE 8-II. MUNICIPAL WATER USE (CONTINUED)
Community
County
Estimated
Population
Served
1963
Number
of
Accounts
Number
of
Meters
Source
of
Supply
Rated
Capacity
(MGD)
Average
Daily
Output
(MGD)
Treatment
Nankin Twp-.
Wayne
(U3,600)
12,310
12,310
Detroit-
Flat Rock
Oak Park
Oakland
(36,700)
9,bQ0
9,1480
Detroit
Pleasant Ridge
Oakland
(3,000)
1,236
1,236
S.E.O.W.A.
Plymouth Twp.
Wayne
(3,000)
800
800
Detroit
Pontiac
Oakland
(80,000)
21,088
19,319
From Wells tc
Detroit in 6j
9.1hS
Wells-DcDhKc
Redford Two.
Wayne
(71,600)
18,550
18,550
Detroit
__
River Rouge
Wayne
(18,200)
h, 02b
h, 02U
Detroit
Riverview
Wayne
(6,800)
1,760
1,760
W.C.M.W.A.
Rockwood
Wayne
(2,200)
_
_
Flat Rock
Romulus Twp.
Wayne
(9,900)
2,679
2,679
W.C.M.W.A.
Roseville
Macomb
($0,900)
12,800
12,800
Detroit
Royal Oak
Oakland
(82,000)
21,720
21,720
Detroit
S.E.O.W.A.
Oakland
-
-
-
Detroit
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TABLE 8-II. MUNICIPAL WATER USE (CONTINUED)
Community
County
Estimated
Population
Served
1963
Number
of
Accounts
Number
of
Meters
Source
of
Supply
Rated
Capacity
(MGD)
Average
Daily
Output
(MGD)
Treatment
Southgate
Wayne
(29,500)
7,140 9
7,U89
Detroit
Southfield
Oakland
(28,500)
6,716
6,716
S.E.O.W.A.
St. Clair Shores
Macomb
(76,900)
21,103
21,108
Detroit
Sterling Twp.
Macomb
(8,100)
2,355
2,355
Detroit
-"-Sycamore Beach
Monroe
200
50
X
Well
Taylor Twp.
Wayne
(5o,ooo)
13,875
13,875
Detroit
Trenton
Wayne
(19,000)
5,036
5,036
W.C.M.W.A.
Troy
Oakland
19,058
X
X
Detroit in
1963
Utica
Macomb
l,lt00
696
687
Clinton Riv
to Detroit '(
3
W.C.M.W.A.
Wayne
-
-
-
Detroit
W.C.M.W.S.
Wayne
-
-
-
Detroit
Warren
Macomb
(95,300)
27,222
27,222
Detroit
Wayne
Wayne
(i6,Uoo)
M13
USU13
W.C.M.W.A.
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TABLE 8-II. •MUNICIPAL WATER USE (CONTINUED)
Community
County
Estimated
Population
Served
1963
Number
of
Account:
Number
of
; Meters
Source
of
Supply
Rated
Capacity
(MGD)
Average
Daily
Output
(MGD)
Treatment
Wyandotte
Wayne
U3.900
12,523
12,523
10
6.0
.P-DcS Cal MlpVs
TcdSc Frs Kc
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DOMESTIC WASTE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL
The major municipal sewage treatment facilities discharging into waters
within the Project's study area are tabulated in Table 9-II. Smaller public
systems are operated for the express purpose of serving subdivisions or hous-¦
ing areas. The majority of these smaller facilities are located within
Grosse lie Township. Figures 6-II and J-II represent the location of the
municipal water intakes in relation to domestic waste treatment plants and
outfalls in both the Detroit River and Lake Erie.
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TABLE 9-II. DOMESTIC WASTE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL
Location of Plant
Population
Served
Number of Political
Subdivisions Served
Belle Isle
Detroit
Flat Rock
Grosse lie
(Wayne Co.)
Monroe
Riverview (New)
Rockwood
Trenton
(Wayne Co.)
Trenton (New)
Wyandotte
(Wayne Co.)
U50(est.)
2,732,000
h, 700
700(est.)
22,000
8,000(est.)
2,000
20,000
20,000
275,000
:-See Key to Symbols which follows
1
50
1
1
1
3
10
Average
Flow(MGD)
Treatments-
Facilities
Point of Discharge
0.3 Cp X Gh
5U8 Sm Gm Eg
(Dfrh Zy Zil)
0.8 Sh Gm Eg X
0.35 Cm Eg C X
6.0 Sc Gm Cm Eg C
Dfrtsh Bo
1.0(est.) Cp Egc Gm H Sm
X
0.26
2.25
Sh Cm Eg X
Sm Cm Eg C
2.25(est.)Cp Eg C Gm H
Sch Vv Xn Zcil
25
Sc Gm Cm Eg C
H Vv Xn Zil
Detroit River
Detroit River
Huron River
Detroit River
Raisin River
Detroit River
(Trenton Channel)
Huron River
Detroit River
(Trenton Channel)
(Elizabeth Park Canal)
Detroit River
(Trenton Channel)
(Elizabeth Park Canal)
Detroit River
(Trenton Channel)
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Key to symbols Table 9-II:
B - Sludge beds
Bo ..Open
C - Settling tanks
Cm ..Mechanically equipped
Cp ..Plain, hopper bottom or intermittently drained
for cleaning
D - Digester, separate sludge
Df ..With floating cover
Dh ..Gas used in heating
Dr ..Heated
Ds ..Gas storage in separate holder
Dt ..Stage digestion
E - 'Chlorination
Ec ..With contact tank
Eg ..By chlorine gas
G - Grit chambers
G1 . .Without continuous removal mechanism
Gm ..With continuous removal mechanism
H - Sludge storage tanks
S - Screens
Sc ..Comminutor
SI ..Bar rack, hand cleaned
Sm ..Mechanically cleaned
V - Mechanical sludge dewatering
Vv ..Rotary vacuum filter
X - Sludge disposal
Xn ..incinerated
Z - Sludge conditioning
Zi ..Chemicals used, iron salt
Z1 ..Chemicals used, lime
Zy ..Elutriation
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STORMWATER OVERFLOWS
Table 10-11 and Figure 7-II give the location of all the stormvater over-
flows which may have a significant effect on the Detroit River. In most cases
the overflows are located Toy the names of the streets to which they are nearest.
The outfalls are listed from upstream to downstream.
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Location
Fox Creek
Conners Creek
Fischer
Iroquois
E. Grand Blvd>.
Helen
Mt. Elliott
Lieb
Adair
Jos. Campau .
Chene
Dubois
St. Aubin
Orleans
Hastings
St. Antoine
Eeaub-ien
Brush
Randolph
Bates
Woodward
TABLE 10-11. STORMWATER OVERFLOW LOCATIONS
cm OF DETROIT
Mo. and Size
2 - IO'CxIO'Cl"
1 - 12'0"
3 - 18'6"x21'9"
3 - lU'0Mxlii'0"
1 - 13'9"
6 - h'Q"
1 - 11'0"
1 - 9' 01
U - 5-0'
2 - 10'0"xl0'6"
1 - 5'0'
3 - 6'0"xQ'li"
2 - 318
2 - 5'0"xli'9"
1 - U'9
1 - 510
1 - 3'0
1 - 510
l - 5' o
1 - 3'o
1 - 2'6"x3,0"
1 - 8'0
1 - 13 '6
2 - 6181
1 - 8' 0'
Receiving Water
Fox Creek
Conners Creek
Detroit River
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TABLE 10-11. STORMWATER OVERFLOW LOCATIONS (CONTINUED)
CITY OF DETROIT
Location No. and Size Receiving Water
Griswold 1 - 7'0" Detroit River
Cass 2 - i_i' 0"xS10' "
First 2 - 10'0"xl0'6" "
Second 1 - li'9|-"x5,7" arch
1 - 5'0"x5'7" arch
Third 3 - U'O" arches "
Brooklyn 1 - 2'0" "
S. of Tenth 2 - 5*0"
Twelfth 2 - U'0
Fourteenth 2 — U13"
Eighteenth 2 - 3" "
Twenty-first 1 - !t'6"x6'0" oval
Twenty-fourth 1 - 8'0" "
W. Grand Blvd. 1 - 3,0" "
Swain 1 - 3'0" 11
Scotten 2 - U'8"
McKinstry 2 - It'6" "
Summit 3 - 71 6"3c8 18" l!
Ferdinand 2 ~ h'6" "
Morrell b - 5'0" "
Junction 1 - 13,0" »
Campbell 1 - 6'6" "
1 - 6'2" »
1 - 6'3"
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TABLE 10-11. STORMWATER OVERFLOW LOCATIONS (CONTINUED)
Location
Dragoon
Schroeder
Fort Cutoff &
Dearborn Ave.
Flora & Reisener
Pulaski
Dearborn Ave.
Gary-
Anderson
Westvood
Silvery Lane
1000' U. of Telegraph
Telegraph
1000' E. of Telegraph
Outer Drive
Reginald
Military-
Monroe
Willovay
750' E. of East End
of Garrison
CITY OF DETROIT
Ho. and Size
1 - 10'6"
2 - 5'3"
1 - 6'10"
6 - b'6" x b'0" F. Gates
2 - lv0" F. Gates
1 - 5'0"
1 - 6'6"
1 - 5'9"
2 - 3'0"
1 - 3'0"
CITY" OF DEARBORN
1 - 2'6"
1 - 3'0"
1 - 8'0"
1 - 8'0"
1 - 7'6"
1 - 1*0"
1 - U'O"
1 - 10"0M
1 - 9'6"
l - 6'3"
1 - 2'6"
l - U'6"
l - U'9"
Receiving Water
Detroit River
Rouge River
L. Rouge River
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TABLE 10-11. STORMWATER OVERFLOW LOCATIONS (CONTINUED)
CITY OF DEARBORN
Location
2000' W. of
Southfield Road
2000' E. of
Southfield Road
2500' E". of '
Southfield Road
N. Dearborn Road .
& Rotunda Drive
Ford Motor Company
Boat Slip
Jefferson
Southfield
White
Farnham
Near Junction of
S. Branch
Perry
Superior Blvd.
Orange
Ludington
Ho. and Size
1 - 11'6"
1 - 12'0"
1 - 10l0'lxl2,9"
1 - ^'CxlD'O"
1 - lO'Cx^^"
1 - 10'x0"xll'6"
1 - 10'0"xll'0"
CITY OF RIVER ROUGE
1 - 6»0"
CITY OF ECORSE
1 - U'O"
CITIES OF ALLEN PARK AND LINCOLN PARK
1 - 5'6"
1 - 5'6"
2 - 9'0"x9'0"
1 - 5'6"
CITY OF WYANDOTTE
1 - 3,6"
1 - 310"
2 - U'O"
1 - 3'0"
1 - 3'0"
Receiving Water
Rouge River
Rouge River
Detroit River
Scorse River
Detroit River
Trenton Channel
$2-11
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Location
TABLE 10-11. STORMWATER OVERFLOW LOCATIONS (CONTINUED)
. CITY OF RIVERVIEW
No. and Size
Pennsalt Chemical
Company Property
Sibley
Elm
Elizabeth
S. of Detroit Edison Co.
1 - U 10"xii' 0"
1 - 3'6"
CITY OF TRENTON
l - U'6"
1 - 2 «6"
Unknown
Receiving Water
Trenton Channel
Trenton Channel
Elizabeth Park Canal
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WATER USE AT FEDERAL INSTALLATIONS
A description of the efficiency of operation and needs for vater pollu-
tion control at Federal installations vithin the Project area is given in a
separate section of this report concerned with the evaluation of pollution
problems presented "by Federal operations.
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