{"id":396705,"date":"2026-04-17T08:33:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T08:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/396705\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T08:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T08:33:10","slug":"bellaire-residents-urged-to-limit-water-use-as-sewer-system-strains-after-heavy-rainfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/396705\/","title":{"rendered":"Bellaire residents urged to limit water use as sewer system strains after heavy rainfall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ANTRIM COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN\/WGTU) &#8212; Bellaire residents are being asked by the Health Department of Northwest Michigan (HDNW) to limit water use to essential needs only.<\/p>\n<p>According to the HDNW, recent rainfall and extreme groundwater saturation have caused capacity issues with the village\u2019s sanitary sewer collection system and wastewater treatment plan.<\/p>\n<p>HDNW said to manage the excess flow and reduce strain on the system, the wastewater treatment plant will temporarily bypass a portion of the treatment process. Partially treated wastewater is currently being discharged into the surrounding wetlands.<\/p>\n<p>How you can help:<\/p>\n<p>Limit water use to essential needs only: flushing toilets, basic sanitation (hand washing, minimal hygiene), cooking-related water use.Disconnect sump pumps from the sewer collection system.<\/p>\n<p>Ways to reduce water usage:<\/p>\n<p>Avoid long showers or baths.Do not run laundry.Avoid any non-essential water use that drains into the sewer system.<\/p>\n<p>For your safety:<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Do not enter or come in contact with affected water.Do not fish or consume any fish from Lake Bellaire and the surrounding areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ANTRIM COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN\/WGTU) &#8212; Bellaire residents are being asked by the Health Department of Northwest Michigan (HDNW)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":396706,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[242,85,46,141],"class_list":{"0":"post-396705","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=396705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}