ESD Consensus Action Report: DWSD, The Road to Compliance and Beyond

One of the reports cited in Judge Sean Cox's September 9, 2011 Opinion and Order Denying the City of Detroit's Motion to Dismiss the 1977 EPA lawsuit was a 2010 report prepared by the Engineering Society of Detroit (ESD) Blue Ribbon Advisory Panel.  A copy of this report was filed by the Court earlier today.

• Engineering Society of Detroit, Detroit Water and Sewerage Department Waste Water Treatment Plant: The Road to Compliance and Beyond (July, 2010).  

Comment:  In my view, the ESD Report and the Recommendations of the ESD Institute will be the blueprint followed by the Committee ordered by Judge Cox to devise a plan within 60 days.  For those of you with personal knowledge of the WWTP and its operation, I invite your comments as to whether you think the ESD report is accurate or off-base.