Published: August 31, 2010
Tags: blog, Concordia University, Gielow, Hot Topics, Mequon, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, MMSD, Rohde
Comments: 1
By Marie Rohde
staff writer
Mequon’s new mayor, Curt Gielow, says he’d like to see the vacant industrial park behind Aurora Advanced Health Care building on Port Washington Road developed as a water research center.
Published: August 25, 2010
Tags: Brandmeier, City of Milwaukee, Deep Tunnel, Fox Point, I&I, infiltration and inflow, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, MMSD, Polenske
By Marie Rohde
While the city of Milwaukee is convinced that leaky laterals are a big part of its sewer woes, city officials are struggling to determine whether they have authority to begin inspections on private property if the owner balks.
“I certainly expect there will be some who will not be excited about us or (the [...]
Published: August 23, 2010
Tags: Alliance for the Great Lakes, Brammeier, Capitol Drive, Dale Richards, Deep Tunnel, Department of Justice, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, Estabrook Park, Jill Didier, John Hermes, Kevin Shafer, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, MMSD, National Power Rodding Corp., Shorewood, Terrence Cooley, Trenton Place, Wanta, Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association, WUCA
By Marie Rohde
Property owners wanting a flood of relief from sewage backups during heavy rains will see a dribble instead.
They also could get a bigger tax bill and may be forced to spend thousands of dollars to fix the laterals that connect private properties to municipal sewers.
The commission that oversees the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District [...]
Published: August 23, 2010
Tags: blog, flood, Hot Topics, laterals, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, MMSD, Rohde, storm
Comments: 3
By Marie Rohde
staff writer
It is you and I who are responsible for the sewage backups that did millions of dollars in damage to homes and businesses in the metro area last month, says the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District.
Published: August 16, 2010
Tags: Ashanti Hamilton, backup, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, Eaton Corp., flood, Lincoln Creek, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, MMSD, north side, pump station, sewer, storm
Comments: 1
By Marie Rohde
A Milwaukee alderman wants answers from the sewerage district after a $6.1 million pump station failed to prevent backups in a north side neighborhood after the July 22 storm.
James Fratrick, a watershed specialist with the Department of Natural Resource’s Milwaukee office, said the pump station spewed 45 million gallons of water [...]
Published: August 16, 2010
Tags: Edward Kraemer & Sons, Hoan Bridge, Jones Island treatment plant, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, MMSD, Plain, plastic netting, Summerfest
Published: August 13, 2010
Tags: Michael J. Muelver, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, Wisconsin Department of Revenue, Wisconsin Municipal Assessors Association
The value of state property dropped by more than $16 billion in the past year, according the Wisconsin Department of Revenue, but assessors warn that property owners should not expect a decrease in their upcoming tax bills.
Published: August 12, 2010
Tags: Cooley, Deep Tunnel, Department of Natural Resources, Department of Public Works, DNR, flood, flooding, Graffin, Henry Maier, Kevin Shafer, Legislative Reference Bureau, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, MMSD, storm, Tom Reep, Veolia, Veolia Water America
By Marie Rohde
The spokesman for the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District on Thursday acknowledged it might not have been a good idea to cement shut overflow points that once let sewage into waterways during major storms.
“Those are relief valves,” Bill Graffin said. “I don’t know who made the decision to close them when the Deep Tunnel [...]
Published: August 4, 2010
Tags: Edward Kraemer & Sons, Hoan, Hoan Bridge, lane closures, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, MMSD, netting, WisDOT
Comments: 1
Hoan Bridge Under Deck Netting, B-40-400, I-794, Pavement Marking and Under Deck Netting (No. 20)
Edward Kraemer & Sons Inc. will begin installation of plastic netting under the Hoan Bridge in Milwaukee later this week. The project is expected to force lane closures over the 2.5-mile span through October, according to the Wisconsin Department [...]
Published: July 30, 2010
Tags: Milwaukee, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, MMSD, MMSD commission, sanitary sewer, storm-water management, Tom Barrett
To the editor:
For over 30 years, the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District has failed to address what is wrong with the sanitary sewer system in metro Milwaukee and instead misrepresented and misdirected the problem.
The problem is simple to understand: Rainwater is allowed to enter our inadequate sanitary sewer system causing sewage overflows directly into our waterways. [...]
Roald Gundersen’s ideas are as big as the trees he shinnies up like a man half his age. The Stoddard-based “tree architect” wants to take wood construction far beyond the rustic cottages with which people associate him, but first he has to convince builders and architects of trees’ potential. Caley Clinton heads to western Wisconsin to see what future the forest holds.
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