NOVI — At the request of Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner Jim Nash, the Novi City Council approved two resolutions to authorize the conversion of the city’s existing county drain facilities, known as the Huron Rouge Sewage Disposal System, into a new intercounty drain district, the Rouge Valley Sanitary Inter-County Drain.

“The city’s sanitary sewer flows through a system partly owned by Oakland County and ultimately treated by Wayne County, with the city ultimately paying Oakland County for service,” City Manager Victor Cardenas said. “Currently, the arrangement operates under the very famous Act 342, which gives Oakland County’s water resources commissioner administrative control over decisions and improvements.”

He said that Nash asked that the legal framework be changed to

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