The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District must abate a groundwater problem that is damaging a Boston Store, according to a Wisconsin Supreme Court opinion.

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The state Supreme Court on Thursday took up ground-water seepage, rotting timber pilings and years of court battles over whether a public entity can be held liable for millions of dollars of alleged private property damages.

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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By Marie Rohde The value of groundwater is at the heart of a Milwaukee legal debate an attorney wants to take to the U.S. Supreme Court. E-L Enterprises Inc., owner of an old building at 272 N. 12th St., claims ...

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By Marie Rohde

staff writer

Dick Wanta, the executive director of the Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association, gave members of the commission that oversees the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District a history lesson the other night.

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By Marie Rohde A tunnel contractor has filed a claim for more money for work done on the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District’s $138 million Harbor Siphons project. Michael Martin, director of technical services for the district, said the project contractor ...

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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 ...

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