Proposed permit lets sewage dumping go on Critics say 6 discharges a year for MMSD too lax

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: August 29, 2002| Author: STEVE SCHULTZE | Copyright information

Proposed permit lets sewage dumping go on

Critics say 6 discharges a year for MMSD too lax, want tighter restrictions

By STEVE SCHULTZE of the Journal Sentinel staff

Thursday, August 29, 2002

The Milwaukee sewerage district could still dump raw sewage up to six times a year, under a proposed update of state rules governing combined storm and sanitary sewers.

That standard was blasted as too weak by a legislative critic of the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage D...

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