Monday, October 6, 2008

City of the Day - Detroit, MI

Detroit(French: Détroit, meaning "strait"),is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the seat of Wayne County. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River, in the Midwest region of the United States. Located north of Windsor, Ontario, Detroit is the only major U.S. city that looks south to Canada. It was founded in 1701 by the Frenchman Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac.

You can view water companies here.

You can look at area churches here.

Water News

An Environmental Working Group analysis of tap water tests from 1999 through 2003 shows that customers of City of Detroit drank water containing up to 18 pollutants, including one unregulated contaminant. City of Detroit is one of 65,000 water suppliers across the country wrestling with treating water polluted by sprawl, sewage, factory farms, and industry.

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