Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer recently declared a state of emergency after a 42-inch Great Lakes Water Authority transmission line ruptured in Oakland County. The catastrophic break has caused widespread drops in water pressure and disrupted service to several municipalities, resulting in boil water advisories for Rochester Hills and parts of Auburn Hills, while threatening total outages in other nearby communities like Lake Orion and Orion Township.The emergency declaration immediately activated the State Emergency Operations Center in Lansing to help funnel state resources and potential financial assistance to the impacted local governments. According to utility officials, crews first spotted a leak
