WAYNE COUNTY, MI — December 17, 2007. Wayne County’s Department of Environment has helped remove over 1,000 illegally-dumped tires in Southwest Detroit as part of an expanded community clean-up program.

WAYNE COUNTY, MI — December 3, 2007. Wayne County’s Department of Environment and the Alliance of Downriver Watersheds are offering mini-grants to communities, schools and non-profit organizations to build “Grow Zones” in several Downriver communities next year. The funds were made possible from a State of Michigan grant.

WAYNE COUNTY, MI — November 19, 2007 The Wayne County Commission has approved an agreement between the County’s Environment Department and Friends of the Detroit River to improve the river’s water quality.

WAYNE COUNTY, MI — October 5, 2007 Wayne County Executive Robert A. Ficano is leading an effort to expand environmental technology and outreach on his 10-day China Trade Mission next week. Ficano leaves for China October 11.

WAYNE COUNTY, MI — October 1, 2007 Kurt Heise, Director of the Wayne County Department of Environment, and Curtis Hertel, Director of the Detroit-Wayne County Port Authority, have been named Co-Chairs of the Lake St. Clair Blue Ribbon Commission International Cooperation Committee.

WAYNE COUNTY, MI — September 20, 2007 The Wayne County Department of Environment’s Water Quality Management Division has been awarded more than $200,000 from the Michigan Clean Michigan Grant Fund to control polluted water discharges into the Rouge River.

WAYNE COUNTY, MI — August 20, 2007 The Wayne County Department of Environment will be hosting a delegation from the Republic of Korea Environment Division on September 5 in Detroit.

WAYNE COUNTY, MI — July 26, 2007 Kurt L. Heise, Director of the Wayne County Department of Environment, has been invited by Macomb County Commission Chairman William Crouchman to serve as Wayne County’s representative to the new Blue Ribbon Commission on Lake St. Clair.

DETROIT — The Wayne County Department of Environment has filed its annual storm water permit report with the State of Michigan – a 64-page report detailing the extent of the County’s work to improve water quality for its more than 2 million residents. Highlights of the Report include...

WAYNE COUNTY, MI - March 21, 2007 The Wayne County Department of Environment and Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit are partnering to recycle computer equipment while providing jobs for those in need.

WAYNE COUNTY, MI — March 16, 2007 The Wayne County Departments of Environment and Public Services will hold the third “Stormwater Summit” on Friday, March 23 at 9 a.m. at the University of Michigan-Dearborn Fairlane Center, 19000 Hubbard Drive in Dearborn.

WAYNE COUNTY, MI — March 9, 2007 Wayne County has reached an agreement with the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) on a plan to control sewage overflows in the Rouge River, saving Western Wayne communities $175 million in anticipated costs.

WAYNE COUNTY, MI — February 16, 2007 Running a sewage treatment plant may not be the most glamorous job in the world, but Wayne County officials are proud that their Downriver Wastewater Treatment Facility in Wyandotte has operated for 12 straight months without a water quality permit violation. The County will earn the American Metropolitan Sewage Agency’s “Silver Star” award for 2006.