Springwells Water Treatment Plant The Springwells Water Treatment Plant at 8300 W. Warren Avenue in Dearborn became the Detroit system’s second water treatment facility. The plant’s $30 million estimated construction cost was approved by the Board of Water Commissioners in 1924. At the time of its dedication in 1935 it was the largest water treatment facility in the world. Construction was begun at a time when the City of Detroit was undergoing rapid change. Construction was slowed by the onset of the Great Depression in 1929 and the dynamics of a broken economy caused many to question the logic behind such a large facility. However, the plant has since proved its worth many times over. A $35 million expansion program increased the plant's pumping capacity from 340 million gallons per day (MGD) to 540 MGD in 1959. Click here for Springwells Artwork back to Facilities
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