Sewerage Fixes Spur Debate; Critics Say $900 Million Won't Cure Problems, but Mmsd Disagrees

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The more than $900 million committed for sewer improvements in metropolitan Milwaukee won't be enough to fix the problems that led to the dumping of sewage during storms last year, a state official testified during a federal court hearing Wednesday.

Charles Burney, who oversees the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District for the state Department of Natural Resources, testified that at least some of the sewage dumped by the district and the communities it serves in May 2004 would not have been contained even if the $900 million projects were operational at the time.

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Sewerage Fixes Spur Debate; Critics Say $900 Million Won't Cure Problems, but Mmsd Disagrees

But Burney also said he didn't buy MMSD's argument that there was just too much rain to avoid the dumping.

The rain "was above average in seve...

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