Pollution; an Offensive Seepage; Mmsd and Uwm Have Identified a Problem That Could Require a Broad and Sustained Effort to Solve. Now, Involve All Stakeholders to Fix It.

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Thanks to a study financed by the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, citizens and officials in the region are being alerted to a problem that is probably not unique to the Milwaukee area. Efforts to thoroughly study the problem need to be encouraged, and everyone - from homeowners to the federal government - needs to get involved to solve it.

Researchers have found that bacteria from human waste is seeping into creeks, rivers and Lake Michigan - probably from leaks in sanitary sewers or illegal connections between those systems and storm sewers. According to records reviewed by the Journal Sentinel, the genetic marker for a human fecal bacteria has been found at 27 of 45 storm sewer pipes that discharge to recreational waters.

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Pollution; an Offensive Seepage; Mmsd and Uwm Have Identified a Problem That Could Require a Broad and Sustained Effort to Solve. Now, Involve All Stakeholders to Fix It.

The problem is serious, as Sandra McClellan, a scientist with the Uni...

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