As the City of Wixom's Consulting Engineers, Hubbell, Roth & Clark, Inc. (HRC) was hired to design improvements to provide the residents with a citywide comprehensive water system.   Prior to 1997, the City's water system consisted of a collection of isolated well sites.   Some were interconnected but most did not have sufficient storage capacity or fire fighting capability.   The estimated cost to make the desired improvements and connect to the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) water supply system was $25.5 million.

The project was broken into multiple segments consisting of various contracts of 8" through 20" diameter water main construction through residential subdivisions.   A 1.5 million gallon elevated water tower was also constructed.   A telemetry system was installed to allow the entire water system to be remotely controlled from the City's Wastewater Treatment Plant.

The third and final segment of the water system improvement program consisted of a meter/pressure reducing/booster station that was installed at the point to which the City of Wixom connected to DWSD water supply.   This unique station was designed to look like a typical house in the adjacent neighborhood.   The pumping facility contains three variable frequency driven pumps providing 4,500 gpm capacity.   The station was also equipped with a 350 kw diesel engine generator to provide automatic and continuous operation during a power outage.