Lawmakers this week introduced a bill that would allow the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District to build a nearly $100 million project to contain contaminated sediment as part of an intensive cleanup of the waterways that feed Lake Michigan.

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Big ideas are afloat for the Harbor District in southern Milwaukee, and the planners want to hear from the public before they put everything together in a water- and land-use proposal.

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J.F. Ahern Co., Fond du Lac, has turned in the low bid for upgrade work at Milwaukee’s Jones Island Preliminary Treatment Facility. The aging facility, which was built in the mid-1980s, was in need of upgrades to its equipment and ...

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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 ...

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By Sean Ryan A pipeline project award that could generate jobs for Wisconsin minority contractors is held up in a dispute over the low bidder’s minority- and women-owned business participation. The 25-month project to build a Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District ...

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By Sean Ryan Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District engineers are trying to line up an alternative methane pipeline route to avoid the trouble of building through a dense urban area. “The closer we get into the city, a number of issues ...

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Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District is proposing a 17-mile methane gas pipeline to minimize effects on waterways and decrease permitting requirements. The district wants to take methane gas generated at the Emerald Park Landfill in Muskego, pipe ...

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