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34 striking Detroit water department workers have been suspended and will be fired, the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department confirmed Tuesday.The…

Defying a federal judge’s order, Detroit water department workers continued to strike Monday night.Many rank-and-file workers at Detroit’s wastewater…

The next director of Detroit’s Water and Sewerage Department might earn a quarter million dollars a year. The Detroit city council voted to increase the…

Environmental advocates are criticizing a plan to scale back pollution controls for the sewer system that serves metro Detroit.Officials with the Detroit…

Members of the Detroit City Council plan to sit down with their attorneys today to see if they can have any say in a new deal for managing the city’s…

Proposed new rates for customers of Detroit’s massive water system have done little to tamp down criticism of the department.Water bills would go up an…

Update January 27, 4:18 p.m.: Detroit Mayor Dave Bing says it’s “ludicrous” to suggest that the city give up control of its massive water system.…

Detroit City Councilwoman JoAnn Watson says she wants the city to lawyer up in preparation for a fight over the city’s massive water system.Legislation…

Warren Mayor Jim Fouts says he wants to meet with his Detroit counterpart to discuss how the region’s water and sewer system is managed. The request comes…

This week’s indictment against Detroit’s former mayor and others is likely to renew interest in changing the way the region’s massive water system is run.…