{"id":51009,"date":"2025-07-31T21:59:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T21:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/51009\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T21:59:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T21:59:14","slug":"sewer-line-agreement-resolves-feud-could-prevent-unwanted-wastewater-treatment-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/51009\/","title":{"rendered":"Sewer line agreement resolves feud, could prevent unwanted wastewater treatment plant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Salem Township wastewater treatment plant proposal\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"hero-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/266KUWVTEFAVTLON7Q32UWMUAU.jpg\" \/>A map from a Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy fact sheet shows the proposed location of a new wastewater treatment plant in Salem Township.Captured from EGLE fact sheet<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"LAEDWHPRYRBILLNDZPARY3Z5G4\">SALEM TWP., MI \u2014 Local leaders and many residents have agreed that building a new wastewater facility on the Washtenaw-Wayne County line in Salem Township is not the best option.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"DGB4QY2YOZDDTNYTL3X6X3DJ2E\">But a preferred alternative, piping sewage through neighboring communities in Wayne County and to an existing Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority treatment plant, appeared to be in jeopardy \u2014 until recently.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--center skimlinks\">If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/user-agreement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/privacy-policy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A map from a Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy fact sheet shows the proposed location&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51010,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":["post-51009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}