NOTE:
All homes and business establishments with sewer service are
required by Hamburg Township Ordinance to use potassium chloride
in water softeners. Sodium chloride is prohibited.
The purpose
of the Utilities Department is to assist property owners
with the process of connecting to the Hamburg Township Sanitary
Sewer System (HTSSS).
Information is also
available regarding the Approved
Contractors authorized to complete
the sewer connections between the house and grinder pump station,
or instructions
are available for homeowners on how to complete
the building sewer (from the house to the grinder pump station)
connections themselves.
Once a sewer district
or sewer connection is complete, a form is available online for
property owners if they have a property
restoration request or complaint regarding the installation of the sewer system.
Browse through information
regarding the process of how to establish a road
maintenance/improvement district, services available through the Township, and what law
enables the Township to offer this type of program
The Hamburg Township Sanitary Sewer System (also
known as the HTSSS) is comprised of a very small section of gravity
sewers located in the Village of Hamburg and Industrial Drive area
of the Township with the remaining 2,700+ sewer connections made
through low-pressure sanitary sewer collection systems. Those homes
and businesses on the low-pressure sewer system each have an individual grinder
pump station. The grinder pump does just what its name implies.
It grinds up the wastewater that is generated by the home or business
and pumps it through a small 1 ½” or 2” service
lateral into the sanitary sewer main line located within the road
right-of-way.
The pressure in the sewer main helps to pump the
sewage to either the Brighton Wastewater
Treatment Plant or to the Hamburg
Township Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) located near
the intersection of M-36 and Merrill Road. The Hamburg Township
WWTP treats over 77,000,000 gallons of wastewater per year and
is unique in the fact that it does not discharge the treated water
directly into a water body like many other wastewater treatment
facilities. The Hamburg WWTP discharges the treated water into
huge sand filtration beds that allows the water to have another
level of cleaning before it eventually re-enters the ground water
table.
For a sewer emergency call(810)
217-6085 and follow the voice mail prompt.
Calls are monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week, weekends
and holidays. Please discontinue water
use until a DPW Technician has responded to your emergency and
can diagnose and repair the problem. All other sewer related
questions should be directed to the Utilities Coordinator,
Brittany K. Campbell at (810) 231-1000 Ext. 210 or via email
at bcampbell@hamburg.mi.us.
UTILITIES
DEPARTMENT
HAMBURG TOWNSHIP
10405 Merrill Road
P.O. Box 157
Hamburg, MI 48139
Hours: Monday-Friday
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
