It’s been two weeks since streets and basements flooded on Beard and Rowan streets in Southwest Detroit after a 54-inch water main broke. The flooding impacted 400 households, which displaced many people who are now living in hotel rooms.

Since the main broke in February, the city of Detroit and the Great Lakes Water Authority have been repairing street infrastructure and cleaning up flooded basements. 

Great Lakes Water Authority CEO Suzanne Coffey joined The Metro on Monday to explain how the agency has fixed the main, and how it is continuing to repair infrastructure originally installed in the 1930s. Use the media player above to hear the full conversation.

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