Robert Burns (L), a member of the environmental group 'Friends of the Detroit River', drives his boat along the Detroit River past Zug Island, along with Nicholas Schroeck, executive Director of Great Lakes Environmental Law Center, during an interview about The City of Detroit Water and Sewerage Wastewater Treatment Plant in Detroit, Michigan October 1, 2013. In bankruptcy and looking for cash, Detroit would like to lease its water utility to raise as much as $9 billion to fund basic services long term, but talks with neighboring suburban counties are stalled. Picture taken October 1. To match story USA-DETROIT/WATER REUTERS/Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS ENVIRONMENT)