SEWAGE DUMPERS FILED BAD REPORTS, STUDY SAYS.(COMMUNITIES) From: The Capital Times (Madison, WI) | Date: July 2, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Capital Newspapers. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District has grossly underreported the volume of raw sewage it has dumped since completion of its deep tunnel system nearly a decade ago, a consultant says.

A study by Milwaukee-based Triad Engineering Inc. said that reported volumes during three rainstorms that prompted dumping were off by an average of 72 percent.

The revised dumping tally for those storms should be nearly 4.9 billion gallons instead of ...