GRAND RAPIDS – A drain initiative that’s striving to reduce sewer backups in two city neighborhoods also is taking millions of gallons out of the wastewater treatment system. The year-old Footing ...

Residents who choose not to participate in the City of Midland's Footing Drain Disconnect Program are looking at a $96.38 per month fee until all footing drains are disconnected in the Moorland and ...

In an interview with The Michigan Daily, Anne Warrow, the city’s project manager, maintained that the footing drain disconnection program was based on legitimate studies that considered the welfare of ...

At the Aug. 22 Midland City Council meeting, which included the adoption of the Footing Drain Disconnection Program portion of the Concept 5 wastewater control initiative, a parade of well-meaning ...