Photo courtesy Traverse Area Historical Society
Traverse City's waterfront was an industrial area in the 1890s when city leaders questioned continued use of West Bay as its water supply. One health official said local residents were drinking "diluted sewage water."

Photo courtesy Traverse Area Historical Society
Traverse City's waterfront was an industrial area in the 1890s when city leaders questioned continued use of West Bay as its water supply. One health official said local residents were drinking "diluted sewage water."