Published: June 22, 2011
Tags: Brent Nistler, Cianciola LLP, Deep Tunnel, lawsuit, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, MMSD, Pre-Pac Produce Distributors, water
By David Ziemer and Jack Zemlicka The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District has lost its attempt to avoid paying a property owner more than $1 million in damages caused by failure to properly maintain the deep tunnel system. The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday denied MMSD’s petition for review, letting stand an appeals court opinion affirming [...]
Published: May 24, 2011
Tags: Bostco, Deep Tunnel, lawsuit, Milwaukee County Circuit Court, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, MMSD, water
A Wisconsin appeals court Tuesday overturned a Milwaukee County Circuit Court judge’s order requiring the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District place concrete lining in a section of Milwaukee’s deep tunnel. The ruling means MMSD will not be required to do the work on a 1-mile stretch beneath the Boston Store at The Shops of Grand Avenue [...]
Published: February 1, 2011
Tags: 107 E. Lincoln Ave., Bostco, Brent Nistler, Cianciola, Cianciola LLP, Clean Water Act, Deep Tunnel, Jacquart, James Petersen, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, MMSD, Pre-Pac Produce Distributors, water
By Marie Rohde The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District must pay a business owner $1.08 million for structural damages caused by groundwater leaking into the deep tunnel system, according to the 1st District Court of Appeals. The lawsuit was brought by the owners of Pre-Pac Produce Distributors Inc., a company that buys potatoes from across the [...]
Published: January 14, 2011
Tags: Butschlick, Chris Swartz, Deep Tunnel, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, MMSD, Mustafa Emir, Richard Wanta, sewers, Shorewood, storm water
By Marie Rohde Sewage and floodwater backed up into nearly half of Shorewood’s homes during a July 22 storm. For many, the same thing happened just eight days earlier. It could cost residents $45 million to make sure it doesn’t happen again. Mustafa Emir, a consultant for the village, said he believes residents not only [...]
Published: December 17, 2010
Tags: Bill Graffin, Department of Natural Resources, James Fratrick, James Grassman, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, overflow, sewer, Tim Bate
The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District is spending $150,000 to figure out if it was at fault for basement backups that damaged more than 10,000 homes and businesses in July.
Published: December 9, 2010
Tags: AGC, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Associated General Contractors of America, Build America, Build America Bond program, Joung Lee, Kaminski, Michael Daun, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, MMSD, Pamela Bryant, Shoaf
By Marie Rohde People in the finance office of the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District have been hustling to lay the groundwork to issue $50 million in municipal bonds before the end of the year. “We had planned on waiting until 2011 to go out on the bond market,” said Mark Kaminski, the district’s acting controller. [...]
Published: November 22, 2010
Tags: blog, Hot Topics, laterals, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, MMSD, Rohde, sewage, tunnel
By Marie Rohde
staff writer
The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District is planning to spend $16 million to build two pump stations that are capable of dumping untreated sewage, diluted by rain, into local water ways.
Published: November 18, 2010
Tags: Department of Neighborhood Services, Didier, Greenfield, Grisa, Kevin Shafer, Lena Taylor, Mielke, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, MMSD, Richard Sokol, sewage
By Marie Rohde “Walk, don’t run” was the advice community leaders gave the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District in spending more than $151 million to prevent sewage from backing up into basements. The district wants to spend the money repairing leaky laterals on private property. According to the district, the water leaking from the laterals enters [...]
Published: November 18, 2010
Tags: audit, Bill Graffin, J.F. Shea Construction, Jones Island, Jones Island Wastewater Treatment Plant, Kenny Construction, Michael Martin, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, MMSD, wastewater
By Marie Rohde The cost of a project to maximize efficiency at the Jones Island Wastewater Treatment Plant has in five years mushroomed from about $105 million to more than $144 million. Despite more than a 38 percent increase in spending on the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District harbor siphon project, the commission that oversees the [...]
Published: November 15, 2010
Tags: Bob Newport, Department of Natural Resources, Dick Wanta, DNR, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Fratrick, Intergovernmental Cooperation Council, Jones Island treatment plant, Kevin Shafer, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, MMSD, Neitzke, sewers, Shorewood, South Shore Treatment Plant, Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association, WUCA
By Marie Rohde For nearly three years, the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District has operated under an expired permit while quietly debating new water quality standards that federal and state regulators want to impose. Under the law, the district operates without penalty under terms of the expired permit until a new one is approved. “Our goal [...]
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