State Wants Answers For Boardman Sewer Breach
By Bill O'Brien | Nov. 12, 2026
Grand Traverse County Public Works officials are responding to a violation notice from the state over a major sewer main failure under South Airport Road in late August that released more than 20,000 gallons of raw sewage near the Boardman River.
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) last month issued a violation notice for the Aug. 25 incident. According to a letter from Aaron Kline of EGLE’s Water Resources Division in Cadillac, approximately 21,000 gallons of raw sewage was discharged on the ground at the surface, median and shoulder of South Airport Road in Garfield Township near Logan’s Landing during a 12-hour period that afternoon into …
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