NORESCO Wins $100M Upgrades Contract for Detroit’s Great Lakes Water Authority

The newest scope facilities on changing a virtually 50-year-old screened closing effluent pump station with a right-sized facility designed for 60 million gallons per day of capability to provide non-potable water for makes use of that don’t require ingesting high quality. 

A brand new reuse stream, able to delivering 4 MGD of filtered and disinfected water, may also be launched to satisfy inner course of calls for on the WRRF.

Following completion, a lot of the facility’s course of water wants will likely be provided by handled wastewater, with potable water out there solely as a backup.

Map of municipal service areas for the Nice Lakes Water Authority’s WRRF in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties. Shaded areas signify communities whose wastewater flows to the Detroit WRRF through three main interceptors. Stable black strains denote county boundaries. Picture: GLWA

GLWA stated it chosen a progressive design-build mannequin to hold out the work citing that the supply technique affords “larger value certainty,” reduces schedule dangers and improves effectivity. The collaboration dates to an preliminary vitality audit by NORESCO that knowledgeable Part 1 of this system and set the stage for the expanded Part 2 scope.

Public procurement data present NORESCO was beforehand awarded the SFE Pump Station Rehabilitation contract beneath GLWA’s Capital Enchancment Plan (undertaking 216008). That contract, valued at roughly $3.4 million, was awarded beneath a specialised procurement course of. 

The brand new $100-million dedication displays a wider growth, incorporating each new infrastructure and resiliency measures. GLWA’s 2025-2029 capital plan emphasizes infrastructure renewal, resiliency enhancements and affordability measures.

The Detroit WRRF serves Detroit and 76 surrounding communities, protecting a service space of greater than 946 sq miles and offering wastewater remedy for practically 30% of Michigan’s inhabitants.

Based mostly on the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2024 estimates, Michigan’s inhabitants totals about 10.14 million, that means GLWA’s wastewater system helps roughly 3 million residents throughout southeast Michigan

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Troy Walters, president and CEO of NORESCO, stated in a information launch that the corporate will maintain working with GLWA to improve its services, enhance reliability, and decrease working prices whereas aligning sources with demand.

“The infrastructure improve undertaking, particularly modernizing the practically 50-year-old SFE pump station, addresses [these objectives] by gear rehabilitation and system resilience enhancements,” he stated.