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Dumping of sewage second largest ever
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Dumping of sewage second largest ever
1.5 billion gallons released into lake and streams; Barrett orders
MMSD audit
By STEVE SCHULTZE AND MARIE ROHDE sschultze@journalsentinel.com
Thursday, May 20, 2004
Milwaukee sewerage district officials on Wednesday said they had
dumped more than 1.5 billion gallons of raw sewage since last
Thursday, making it the second-worst dumping episode in the history
of the deep tunnel system.
The huge volume of sewage dumped into ...
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