Sometimes you have to wonder why Candice Miller left Congress, even latter-day Congress, to run for Macomb County publc works commissioner, where she has to preside over a series of appalling environmental insults -- sinkholes from collapsing sewers, "fatbergs" in those same vile passageways, and now a "white, milky substance" in Sterling Heights.
Yep, that looks like pollution. (Photo: Macomb County Public Works)
The Detroit News reports on what's flowing through Burr Relief Drain No. 2, near Mound and 18 Mile:
It "appears to have fully discolored the water" in part of Burr Relief, which serves an industrial area in the city and feeds into the Plumbrook Drain that discharges into the Red Run in Clinton Township, according to the release.
“This is a very troubling image. The water looks just like milk passing by. We cannot, we simply cannot, continue to treat our environment this way,” said county Public Works Commissioner Candice Miller said. “This drain travels through people’s backyards and ultimately into Lake St Clair. We have zero tolerance for contaminates in our waterways.”
Crews have started installing booms and a curtain to prevent the substance from traveling farther downstream as officials work to find its source.
Whatever it is, it's unlikely to be anything good.
