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Dumping may be worse than reported
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Dumping may be worse than reported
New study says MMSD understated numbers
By STEVE SCHULTZE AND MARIE ROHDE sschultze@journalsentinel.com
Wednesday, July 2, 2003
The Milwaukee sewerage district has grossly underreported the
volume of raw sewage it has dumped since completion of the deep
tunnel system nearly a decade ago, according to a consultant's study.
During three rainstorms that prompted dumping, the reported
volumes were off by an average of 72%, accor...
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Sewage Dumping in Milwaukee May Be Worse Than Reported, Study Says.
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; DNR to look into extent of sewage dumping Concerns raised over study's finding that MMSD underreported amounts By STEVE SCHULTZE sschultze@journalsentinel.com, Journal Sentinel Friday, July 4, 2003 The state Department of Natural Resources will investigate whether the Milwaukee sewerage district
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; MMSD opts for human look at deep tunnels Costly inspection may find flaws that lead to dumping By STEVE SCHULTZE of the Journal Sentinel staff Tuesday, December 18, 2001 A crew of four will descend 300 feet into Milwaukee's underground sewage tunnels this winter for the system's first manned
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And another sewage study
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; And another sewage study By RESLER Thursday, July 3, 2003 Just a few weeks after an outside review of Milwaukee's sewerage system concluded that the sewerage district and United Water Services, the private firm hired to manage the treatment plants, were doing a good job overall, another study has
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Chicago's tunnels leak less by volume
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; Chicago's tunnels leak less by volume Its system features more concrete lining By MARIE ROHDE of the Journal Sentinel staff Sunday, July 1, 2001 The Milwaukee deep tunnel system is dwarfed by the one that serves the metropolitan Chicago area and is still being built. The Chicago system now has 92
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Tunnel repair warnings date back to 1949 report
Chicago Sun-Times
; As early as 1949, Chicago's tunnel system was in such disrepair that an engineering consultant warned City Hall: "Fix it up or fill it up." Bernard Hattis, who operated a Loop consulting firm with his father, surveyed the tunnel system for the city and concluded in a report that there had been: "a
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Preparing for another big dig; An unused auto complex is being used to refurbish a huge machine that will bore a new wastewater tunnel
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; ... a section of Chicago's deep tunnel system in the early 1990s. Copyright 2008, Journal Sentinel Inc. All rights reserved. (Note: This notice does not apply to those news items already copyrighted and received through wire services or other media.)
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Chicago's tunnels may take days to drain
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; CHICAGO -- Waterlogged residents may have to wait days until a labyrinthine underground tunnel system that flooded the city's downtown is drained, Mayor Richard M. Daley said yesterday. He refused to guess how many days it would take to block off the damaged part of the system. Gen. Russell Fuhrman
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Dumpings to get public airing
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