From German Farm Colony to Municipal Water in One Generation
The Legislative Council approved Macomb Township on March 7, 1834, and German immigrants -- many from Prussia -- settled it through the 1830s and 40s, drawn by rich farmland near the Clinton River. That agricultural identity, and the private wells and septic systems that came with it, held until the 1980s, when farmers began selling land to developers. Population then surged from about 50,478 in 2000 to roughly 91,663 by 2020, with new subdivisions arriving on municipal water and sewer rather than the private wells the township's farms had relied on for a century and a half.
A Clean Break in Water Infrastructure
Because Macomb Township's transition from farm wells to municipal service happened so recently and so fast, plumbing here divides cleanly between a small number of older private-well properties and a much larger share of modern, municipally connected subdivisions.
Plumbing project paths in Macomb Township
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Mention whether your property still relies on a private well and septic system or connects to municipal water and sewer, since that answer changes the entire scope of a plumbing conversation here.