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Great Lakes Water Authority

Logo: Great Lakes Water Authority, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Regional water authority in Michigan, United States

The Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) is a regional water authority in the U.S. state of Michigan. It provides drinking water treatment, drinking water distribution, wastewater collection, and wastewater treatment services in Southeast Michigan, including Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties, among others.2 It is headquartered in Detroit.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2014Founded1
  • HeadquartersDetroit1
  • Websiteglwater.org
  • Legal formspecial-purpose district of the United States1

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The Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) is a regional water authority in the U.S. state of Michigan. It provides drinking water treatment, drinking water distribution, wastewater collection, and wastewater treatment services in Southeast Michigan, including Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties, among others.2

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded Detroit Water and Sewerage Department1

Timeline

  1. 2014Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$8.4M 2022–2026
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2022–2026: $8.4M in all. Federal grants $8.4M.$0$2M$4M$6M$8M2022 · Federal grants: $1.0M2022202320242025 · Federal grants: $6.4M20252026 · Federal grants: $959.8K2026
Figures by year
YearFederal grantsTotal
2026$959.8K$959.8K
2025$6.4M$6.4M
2022$1.0M$1.0M

Federal awards

Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov4, by calendar year, 2022–2026, for its registration. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.

Largest grants

  1. Jan 1, 2025$3.5M from Environmental Protection Agency: Congressionally Mandated Projects5 To GREAT LAKES WATER AUTHORITY Award 00E04078
  2. Sep 1, 2024$2.0M from Environmental Protection Agency: Congressionally Mandated Projects6 To GREAT LAKES WATER AUTHORITY Award 00E04077
  3. Oct 1, 2022$1.0M from Department of Energy: Renewable Energy Research And Development7 To GREAT LAKES WATER AUTHORITY Award DEEE0010307
  4. Sep 1, 2024$959.8K from Environmental Protection Agency: Congressionally Mandated Projects8 To GREAT LAKES WATER AUTHORITY Award 00E06094
  5. Sep 1, 2024$959.8K from Environmental Protection Agency: Congressionally Mandated Projects9 To GREAT LAKES WATER AUTHORITY Award 00E08084

Sources

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