Oakland County is working on methods to try to prevent overflows of raw sewage into the Red Run Drain including creating more storage in its drainage system and increasing "permitted discharges" from a Madison Heights retention basin, according to a corrective action plan sent last week to state regulators.

The plan, submitted by the Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy on May 29, comes after the agency issued a violation to Oakland County for discharging nearly 1.2 million gallons of raw sewage from the Dequindre Sanitary Sewer Interceptor to the Red Run Drain during a heavy rainfall on April 3.

EGLE told the county “to take immediate action to achieve and maintain compliance.” The notice required Oakland County

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