Chippewa Casino Short of Water
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The Tribe is currently hauling in approximately 11,000 gallons of water per day from the City of Omer.
Water, water everywhere -- but hardly a drop to drink.
The new Chippewa Indian casino at Saganing is only a few hundred yards from Saginaw Bay but it must wait at least a few years to develop its own source.
The casino is desperately short of water, about 150,000 gallons a day, and may turn to the City of Bay City and the Bay County Road Commission for a temporary solution.
The City Commission Nov. 2 will consider a resolution recommended by City Manager Robert V. Belleman allowing the Bay County Road Commission to sell water to the tribe through a connection in Pinconning Township.
"The Tribe is currently hauling in approximately 11,000 gallons of water per day from the City of Omer," Mr. Belleman wrote commissioners Friday. "In order to continue their development plans they require additional water of up to 150,000 gallons per day in the first phase, and potential long term consumption of up to 400,000 gallons per day."
The manager explained to commissioners that the tribe has several options:
1)- Install a private water line from a connection in Pinconning Township and purchase treated water from the Bay City plant;
2)- Install a water main connection to the Saginaw-Midland Municipal Water Supply Corporation pipeline and construct their own water treatment plant; and
3)- Construct their own intake into Saginaw Bay and build their own treatment plant.
"Option 2 will require a change in legislation, which they are currently pursuing, and would take perhaps two to three years to complete -- if the legislation is passed," wrote the manager, adding:
"They would choose Option 3 if the legislation is not passed, but this would still take two to three years to complete.
"They still wish to pursue Option 1, purchasing water from the Bay City supply, even though it may be 'temporary' and discontinued after they build their own water treatment plant."
Discussions were initiated Oct. 16 in a meeting with three tribal representatives attended by city officials John DeKam and John Gaydos, Ken Miller and Bill Schubert of the Bay County Department of Water and Sewer, and Sharon Stalsberg, Pinconning Township supervisor. ###
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