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2.21 -C- Has/will the City investigated the possibility of utilizing the Ypsilanti Treatment for Storage?

Posted by Lori Byron on 20 Dec, 2013
Category: Category 2 - about potential recommendations

Frank Burdick’s Log Number: 42
Submitted by: Burdick log, email
Category (1,2,3): 2
Status: Closed
Estimated date to address: N/A

Q. Has/will the City investigated the possibility of utilizing the Ypsilanti Treatment for Storage? 
Q. Could Ypsilanti Sanitary System (YCUA) which borders the Ann Arbor System and is of a lower elevation, has large capacity, does not exit to the Huron, services adjacent townships, etcetera; be contracted to accept Ann Arbor Sanitary Overflow? 

A. Purely from a technical standpoint, there are constraints that would make this very challenging to implement. Without doing a significant amount of additional research, a major issue is that the YCUA plant is on the wrong side of the river, and the flow would need to be pumped in order to get under the river and back up to their plant. 

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