Detroit is taking a proactive measure as multiple Michigan communities face lead water issues.

All across Metro Detroit there are anxious homeowners hoping their basements will stay dry as more rain moves through the area. Most have been spared by the flooding so far.

A Detroit homeowner is blaming the city after water filled up inside her house.

It has been almost twenty days since torrential rain hit Metro Detroit and flooded thousands of basements all across the region.

Massive amounts of green are being spent to find “green” ways to help prevent basements, yards, streets and freeways in Detroit from flooding during heavy storms like one last month.

DETROIT – Despite millions spent and plans on the drawing board the City of Detroit’s aged water lines continue to cause problems. The mess is leaving Carmen’s Community Mini Market closed and up for sale. “It is heartbreaking,” said Carmen Montgomery, owner of Carmen’s Community Mini Market, while crying. It makes us look ugly,” said Montgomery. “It makes it look like we are not trying to do anything to fix this problem,” said Montgomery.

At 7 a.m. this morning, it was covered, half the street was covered, said McMunn. Its a break on an 8-inch water main. Its not a very large main, said Deputy Director and Chief Engineer Palencia Mobley with the Detroit Water and Sewage. Mobley said the water main break and the road crumbling are two different issues. When you have things like water main breaks, they can wash out the sand and soil beneath them and cause issues with pavement.Copyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.

DETROIT - A Detroit woman has been recognized by Forbes for breaking down barriers and blowing up stereotypes in a modeling campaign that challenges weight bias at work. Recently, during her private time, Mobley sent an audition tape for a national modeling campaign -- a plus-sized clothing company. "As a young woman, I would want to know that she can do anything that she puts her mind to. She said she shares her story to inspire other young women and teach people not to judge others by their size. The modeling campaign was done on Mobley's personal time and has nothing to do with city work.

DETROIT - A news conference was held Thursday morning to provide details of the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department's (DWSD) five-year, $500 million program to begin to upgrade the city's water and sewer systems. The work includes water main replacement, lead service line replacement, sewer collection pipe lining and replacement, and green stormwater infrastructure installations. The DWSD Capital Improvement Program (CIP) addresses the need to improve water and sewer systems reliability. Previously the department solely used the frequency of water main breaks and water-in-basement complaints to drive the strategy. These two neighborhoods were chosen because they were identified for improvements in a previous DWSD water and sewer master plan.

DETROIT - A news conference is planned for Thursday morning to provide details of the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department's (DWSD) $500 million program to begin to upgrade the city's water and sewer systems. Mayor Mike Duggan's office calls it "the most comprehensive and aggressive (upgrade) manner in decades." The work includes water main replacement, lead service line replacement, sewer collection pipe lining and replacement, and green stormwater infrastructure installations. Duggan will be joined by DWSD Director Gary Brown and DWSD Deputy Director & Chief Engineer Palencia Mobley, P.E. Watch the news conference live here at 10 a.m.