Judge approves settlement in sewage dumping dispute From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI) | Date: May 31, 2002| Author: | Copyright 2002 The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Judge approves settlement in sewage dumping dispute

By STEVE SCHULTZE of the Journal Sentinel staff

Friday, May 31, 2002

A deal to settle sewage dumping charges against the Milwaukee sewerage district in exchange for a set of sewer system upgrades has won the approval of a Milwaukee judge, the state Department of Natural Resources said Thursday.

The deal requires the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District to complete already planned projects by 2011, including the northwest relief sewer, which will add about 90 million gallons of wastewater capacity to the 405 million-gallon deep tunnel ...

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