The project includes 3,000 feet of sewer separation on Godfrey Avenue from Oxford Street to the Grand River. A larger storm sewer will replace an older combined sewer to direct rainwater to the river instead of the water treatment facility.
“Our combined sewer overflows to the river have been disconnected for quite some time. We still have some combined sewers that’ll send stormwater to the water resource recovery facility.”
Grand Rapids’ acting engineer Cindy Irving says this is the last pipeline section needed to direct rainfall to the river, maximizing the impact of past improvements across 184 acres…