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About us
The Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) is a regional water and sewer authority that services nearly 40 percent of the water customers in Michigan On June 12, 2015, history was made as the Great Lakes Water Authority and the City of Detroit entered into 40-year leases providing for GLWA’s operation of the regional water and sewer system. On January 1, 2016, GLWA began regional operations. GLWA is an important example of regional collaboration in southeast Michigan, with the City of Detroit, the counties of Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb, and the State of Michigan officially uniting to ensure that both city and suburban water and sewer customers have a powerful voice in the management and direction of one of largest water and wastewater utilities in the United States. With the stand-up of the new authority, GLWA assumed operational, infrastructure improvements, environmental compliance and budget-setting responsibilities for the regional water and sewage treatment plants, major water transmission mains and sewage interceptors, and related facilities. These facilities are leased from the City of Detroit for an allocation of $50 million per year to fund capital improvements for the City of Detroit retail system and/or Detroit’s share of capital improvements to the regional system. Currently GLWA provides wholesale water and waste water services to 126 municipalities in seven Southeastern Michigan counties, which is equivalent to approximately 3.9 million customers. In keeping with the spirit of collaboration from which GLWA was created, the authority is governed by a Board of Directors that includes one representative each from Oakland, Macomb and Wayne counties as well as two representatives from the City of Detroit, and one appointed by the Governor of the State of Michigan to represent customer communities outside the tri-county area.
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http://www.glwater.org
External link for Great Lakes Water Authority
- Industry
- Utilities
- Company size
- 501-1,000 employees
- Headquarters
- Detroit, MI
- Type
- Government Agency
- Founded
- 2016
- Specialties
- Water treatment and distribution, Wastewater treatment and disposal, Engineering, Information Technolofgy, Chemistry, Public Safety , Operations, Skilled Trades, Finance, Asset Management , Capital Improvement, Human Resource Management , Geographic Information Systems , Managment , Field Services, Safety Specialist , Leadership , and Administrative
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735 Randolph Street, Suite 1900
Detroit, MI 48226, US
Employees at Great Lakes Water Authority
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Yvette B. Mabirou, PMP
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Kalpana Yendluri
Technology Executive | Head of Data Management & Governance | Head of IT | Operational Excellence | Infrastructure & Platform Modernization |…
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Lynn Herrick
IT Director - Strategic Planning and PMO at Great Lakes Water Authority
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John Norton, Jr., P.E.
Updates
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GLWA welcomed Detroit District 1 Councilman James Tate and his team for a tour of our Water Works Park water treatment plant this week to discuss all things water, resiliency, and community engagement. Thank you to Councilman Tate and team for spending time with our team members to learn about what we do and how it impacts District 1 and the rest of our region!
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Great Lakes Water Authority reposted this
Organizational Wellness and Resiliency: Team Members and Leadership creating Community
Thank you to the Economic Alliance for Michigan for having me! Sharing the Great Lakes Water Authority story on how the Executive Leadership Team and Women's Health Initiative's steering committee support the well-being of our water warriors is an absolute joy! When we support the well-being of our teams, we support not only their ability to deliver service well, but their capacity to innovate in the delivery of water and wastewater services to our member partners and the communities we serve. #OneWater
🪩 Turning up the vibes at our fireside chat on women’s health benefits! Panelists shared where employers are striking the right chords and where there’s still room to step up support in Women's Health Benefits. A big thank you to our speakers, Kathryn Godburn Schubert from Society for Women's Health Research (SWHR), Sherrian Greenwood, SHRM-SCP from Great Lakes Water Authority, and Bret Jackson from Economic Alliance for Michigan for keeping the conversation moving forward and shining the spotlight on workplace wellness. ✨💃 #WomensHealth #WorkplaceWellness #HealthBenefits #EmployeeWellbeing
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Detroit’s mural landscape is expanding with a vibrant new work led by Nick Pizaña (MFA Painting 2022), muralist and cartoonist, who is painting a student-designed mural on the side of the Great Lakes Water Authority Resource Recovery Facility. The design, created by 11th-grader Heidi Easthouse with contributions from more than 100 Detroit Public Schools Community District students, depicts a colorful circle of water filled with fish, a young girl, and a mythical lake creature. Pizaña describes the piece as both whimsical and deeply rooted in themes of water’s role in nature and human life. “This design brings a pop of color and imagination to the neighborhood,” Pizaña shared with the Detroit Free Press. The project highlights Detroit’s thriving mural scene while encouraging the next generation of artists to engage with public art and environmental themes. For Pizaña, whose influences range from Robert Wyland’s iconic whale mural downtown to Diego Rivera’s Detroit Industry Murals at the DIA, this project is also a continuation of Detroit’s long tradition of storytelling through mural art. 1: Nick Pizaña working on the GLWA Resource Recovery Facility mural. 2: Heidi Easthouse with her designs. Courtesy of Great Lakes Water Authority.
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Meet our summer 2025 Public Affairs interns, Thearin and Taylor! Thearin and Taylor spent their summer sharing the story of GLWA with our community through videography (including this video series), social media content, event support, copywriting, internal communications, and photography. Shoutout to all our 2025 interns for the ideas and dedication they brought to our organization!
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GLWA CEO Suzanne Coffey and Deputy CEO William M. Wolfson appeared on Michigan Matters with Carol Cain on Sunday for a discussion about water infrastructure and funding. Coffey says, "one of the things I think people don't think about that much is the fact that most of these systems were built with federal dollars once upon a time, and the replacement or renewals of them is now entirely on the backs of the people who are paying the bills. So we are looking for that kind of assistance from the federal government and state government as well. But across the country, the utilities need some sort of structural, recurring, regular cadence of investment into this water industry." Watch the entire segment here: https://lnkd.in/gBB9T7M6
Michigan Matters: Keeping our region's water system and nation safe
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Tune in to Michigan Matters this Sunday, 8/17, for a conversation with GLWA's CEO, Suzanne Coffey, and Deputy CEO, William M. Wolfson, as they discuss the critical need for infrastructure funding with Carol Cain. Michigan Matters airs at 5:30 a.m. Sundays on CBS Detroit and 9:30 am Sundays on CW Detroit 50. You can catch it following the initial release on multiple streaming platforms.
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GLWA is proud to announce that our fearless CEO, Suzanne Coffey, has been elected to the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) Board of Directors to represent Region 5, spanning Michigan and the Great Lakes states! Congratulations, Sue! We know you'll bring energy and expertise as you represent our region. We look forward to your continued impact. READ MORE: https://lnkd.in/g4qJHX3t
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Earlier this year, a group of GLWA's apprentices walked across the stage to receive their diplomas. In partnership with the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) and Focus: Hope, apprentices were certified as industrial maintenance technicians, electricians, and water treatment plant operators. GLWA is proud to support the future of skilled trades within our organization and southeast Michigan!
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Say hello to Lauren Sample, our Wastewater Laboratory intern! Lauren attends Howard University in Washington D.C. as a fourth-year chemical engineering and chemistry student. With seasoned professionals in every corner of GLWA, the next generation of “Water Warriors” are empowered through hands-on experience and mentorship. Lauren spent the summer testing water samples, analyzing data, and learning from wastewater experts. Watch the video below to learn more about Lauren’s Wastewater Laboratory internship!