Sewer System Conveyance and Storage Improvements

Basement Flooding Solutions

• Enhanced sewer separation strategy for combined sewer areas (Downtown/Central Area and Fontainebleu Area).
• Construction of large sanitary trunk sewers to provide underground storage and improve flow conveyance:
  • 47 km of sanitary sewer upgrades in East Windsor area.
  • 8 km of sanitary sewer upgrades in South Windsor area.

Surface Flooding Solutions

• Large storm trunk sewers to provide underground storage and improve flow conveyance:
  • 40 km in East Windsor area and 9 km in South Windsor area.
  • 17 km of trunk storm sewer in Central Windsor area.
• 3 New and 4 Upgraded stormwater management (SWM)
  • Little River Golf Course New SWM Pond. ponds:
  • Dougall Ave. and Howard Ave. SWM Ponds.
  • Modifications to ponds serving Southwood Lakes
  • Increase size of the Central Ave. SWM Pond.
• Underground storage systems under parks, parking lots, and commercial properties.
• Construction of Low impact development (LID) measures:
  • Tranby Park Permeable Parking Lot, Matthew Brady Exfiltration Trenches.

Downstream Outlet Capacity Improvements

Basement Flooding Solutions

• Little River Pollution Control Plant:
  • Future plant expansion to provide service for population growth and to provide some wet weather treatment capacity.
  • In the interim, improve the existing bypass outlet at the treatment plant (Pontiac Pumping Station improvements).

• Lou Romano Water Reclamation Plant:
  • Construct a Retention Treatment Basin Facility and Sandwich Street Combined Relief Trunk Sewer. (Combined Sewer Overflow Control in the Riverfront Area, West of Caron Avenue, Class EA).

Surface Flooding Solutions

• Improved or construct a new storm sewer outlets to the Detroit River.
  • Detroit St., Bruce Ave., Cameron St., Albert Rd., Marentette Ave.
• New or improved stormwater pumping station (PS) capacities including emergency back-up power.
  • New St. Rose Ave. PS (St. Rose Park) –Improved outlet capacity and provide flood relief to drainage area.
  • Improve St. Paul PS – Pumping Station Expansion to provide relief to drainage area.
  • East Marsh PS – Maintain current capacity for a reduced drainage area.
  • Improve Ford Blvd. PS (Reaume Park) – Upsize pumps to improve resiliency of the drainage area.
  • Improve Drouillard PS (Cadillac Park) – Replace existing pumping station with a new pumping station to improve flooding along Drouillard Rd.
  • Improve Lakeview PS (South Rendezvous Park) - Replace existing pumping station with a new pumping station to improve the Blue Heron Pond outlet.
  • • New Pump Station at Chappell Ave. – Required to drain the storm system after rain events.