Where does the water used by Canton residents and businesses come from?
Canton Township purchases its water from the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD). The DWSD operates the largest water system in the State of Michigan and supplies water to roughly four million people. The primary water sources are Lake Huron and the Detroit River. Raw water, that eventually makes it way to Canton, is drawn from a deep intake near Belle Isle, then filtered and treated at the Springwells water treatment plant in Detroit. DWSD then pumps the water 128 feet uphill to Canton and our neighboring communities using huge pumps and large diameter transmission lines.
