MI HCR0008

Memorializes Congress to include sewer separation and other sewage overflow reduction projects in federal infrastructure funding bills.

Notes that an estimated 23,000 to 75,000 sanitary sewer overflows occur annually in the United States, with Michigan experiencing 750 overflows in 2019 that discharged 37 billion gallons of minimally treated sewage and 3 billion gallons of raw sewage.

Identifies a national $81 billion annual funding gap for water infrastructure and an $800 million annual gap in Michigan for water and sewer infrastructure needs.

Directs copies of the resolution to be transmitted to the President of the U.S. Senate, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Michigan's congressional delegation.