[taildragger]

The cost in Detroit is extremely high ($75 per month on average) but there are reasons for it. Heavy unionization, mismanagement, and thousands of unpaid bills make up the bulk of that cost.

Freeper's you need to listen to CrippleCreek on this. We are in the "Detwaa" burbs, but this is a multilayered problem.

* The Regions water source is Detroit and their system.
* He is right, mismanagement etc, although their is some evidence they are trying to clean up their act.
* As an Asset, and depending upon how or if you believe their numbers, it maybe a cash generator at some point, but as an Asset it is part of the sticky Detroit Bankruptcy. What to do with it, sell it? keep it? etc etc.
* The potential for the burbs to get hit with huge rate increases are their and CC might know some Municipalities maybe already looking towards getting off Detroit's water and finding their own solution.

[cripplecreek]

Story from 2008.

Where does our drinking water come from?

"In Michigan, we are fortunate that even the less desirable sources are better than many sources that must be relied upon in other areas of the country," she said. "In terms of the degree of treatment necessary to make water potable, groundwater is usually considered the best source, followed by the Great Lakes and then inland streams and lakes." Ann Arbor gets about 85 percent of its water from the Huron River. The raw water from each source is blended together and treated at the city's water treatment plant so all customers receive the same water quality.

YCUA buys its drinking water from Detroit, which gets it from the Detroit River.