Director of Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy tours Marquettes wastewater treatment plant [Video]

MARQUETTE, Mich. (WJMN) – Marquette officials played host to Michigan’s environmental watchdogs on Wednesday. Phil Roos, Director of Michigan’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE), was in Marquette to tour the City’s wastewater treatment facility.

Marquette received a $12.5 million loan from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund back in May of last year, part of a $14 million renovation project approved by the Marquette City Commission in April of 2023. The upgrades to the facility will increase the bio-solids storage capacity from 140 days to 180 days, bringing the plant into compliance which it had not met since 2008. The project will also add a high-strength waste receiving station.

Roos was able to see firsthand the progress that has been made and the work left to do. Roos says Michigan’s investment is large, but it’s an expense needed for the future.

“There’s such a gap, but a …