The new stormwater outfall project in Algoma is nearly complete. Public Works Director Matt Murphy says the work is about 95 percent finished with a few punch list items that need to be done.  The stormwater outflow project began after Labor Day and includes a bio-retention area east of the Algoma Youth Club.  The ponds will act as a natural filter to clean the stormwater before it enters Lake Michigan.  Murphy notes that trees, grass, and aquatic plants will be allowed to take root before the retention ponds are fully utilized.

The smaller pond with plants will take nutrients and recondition the water before it seeps back into the groundwater.  The project cost approximately $420,000 ad was covered entirely by grant money.