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.

Tagged with: Harbor District Hoan Bridge Jones Island

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 ...

Tagged with: J. F. Ahern J.H. Findorff & Son Jones Island MMSD water

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 ...

Tagged with: audit Bill Graffin Jones Island Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District MMSD wastewater

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 ...

Tagged with: Dakota Intertek Emerald Park Landfill Graffin Jones Island Meade Electric Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District minority MMSD pipeline

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 ...

Tagged with: Emerald Park Landfill Jones Island methane Milwaukee Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District Muskego pipeline utility

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 ...

Tagged with: Emerald Park Landfill Jones Island Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District pipeline Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources