4/4/13 - Green Oak Township and Liquid Manufacturing will meet in court again on April 18th, and the municipality held a closed session at its meeting last night to discuss the case. The township and Liquid Manufacturing have been waging a legal battle over the companyâs wastewater discharge for years. The company, which manufactures beverages, produces more than half of the discharge that enters the Green Oak wastewater treatment system. According to the township, the discharge has higher levels of sodium and other contaminants than the system can handle under Michigan Department of Environmental Quality guidelines. The municipality also claims the facility has numerous outstanding violations of local ordinance which pose a potential danger to workers and the community. Supervisor Mark St. Charles tells WHMI the township issued a motion to shut down the manufacturer in March based on the building, fire, and sewer violations. The fate of that motion is undecided, as it has not been granted but it has not yet been denied either. The township has also filed a motion calling for Liquid Manufacturing to show cause why the municipality should not cut off its sewer service. (TD)
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