When It Rains, Sewers Pour; Mmsd Sets Records for Overflows
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel › June 23, 2008
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Torrential rain this month caused two unwelcome sewer overflow records, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District officials said Friday.
Overflowing combined sanitary and storm sewers in central Milwaukee and eastern Shorewood poured 2.9 billion gallons of untreated sewage and water into rivers and Lake Michigan -- the largest combined sewer overflow since the district's Deep Tunnel system opened in 1994.See the full content of this document
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When It Rains, Sewers Pour; Mmsd Sets Records for Overflows
In a report to the state Department of Natural Resources, the district said wastewater was flowing out of combined sewers into relief pipes and then into...
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