Sewage dumping around state was negligible

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: May 22, 2004| Author: STEVE SCHULTZE AND MARIE ROHDE | Copyright information

Sewage dumping around state was negligible

MMSD's 1.5 billion gallons far surpassed other areas

By STEVE SCHULTZE AND MARIE ROHDE sschultze@journalsentinel.com

Saturday, May 22, 2004

While Milwaukee's regional sewerage district dumped a near-record 1.5 billion gallons of raw sewage into Lake Michigan following this month's rain, other local sewer systems from communities along Lake Michigan dumped far less or nothing, according to figures released Friday by the stat...

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