Brower Drain
The Brower Drain is a drainage canal in Ottawa County in the US state of Michigan . Construction was completed in 1908 when this area was opened up for settlement. The current purpose of the canal is to divert rainwater to the Macatawa River . As a result of urbanization, the sewer was partially piped, it accommodates various septic tanks and drains water into the urban sewer system. Part of it flows above ground into a pond in the park area at 96th Avenue, north of Zeeland . The closest localities are among others Holland and Zeeland.
On August 9, 2000, environmental pollution caused a stir. One person deliberately pumped over 94,000 liters of liquid waste and cleaning chemicals from an underground collection tank into the sewer through the drainage system . In this illegal action, the ecosystem along the canal and the downstream waters were badly damaged. The court sentenced the perpetrator to pay $ 40,500 in damages .
Web links
- Macatawa River Document (PDF file; 1.80 MB) - (Environmental reports)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b STATE OF MICHIGAN COUNTY OF OTTAWA CHARTER TOWNSHIPS OF HOLLAND AND ZEELAND CITY OF ZEELAND ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file)
- ↑ Brower Drain in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
- ^ Brower drain (Ottawa County). In: Michigan Hometowne Localizer. Retrieved May 4, 2011 .
- ↑ Patricia Spitzley: Ottawa County Man Pleads to Charges of Discharging Liquid Industrial Wastes into the Soil and Surface Waters. Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, April 9, 2003, accessed May 4, 2011 .
Coordinates: 42 ° 49 ′ 28 " N , 86 ° 1 ′ 18" W.