Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District

Appeals judge overturns deep tunnel ruling

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 […]

MMSD falls short in deep tunnel fight (UPDATE)

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 […]

Shorewood overcoming sewer separation anxiety (UPDATE)

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 […]

MMSD assesses fault in flooding

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.

Build America Bond deadline forces municipal scramble

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 […]

MMSD to dump $16 million into pump stations

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.

MMSD lateral projects lack support from suburbs

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 […]

MMSD’s harbor siphons project awash in extra costs (UPDATE)

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 […]

MMSD operates under expired permit (UPDATE)

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 […]

MMSD sewer solution hits suburban clog

By Marie Rohde Suburban officials around Milwaukee are skeptical a $151 million proposal to fix leaky laterals is the right price to pay and the right solution to basement backup […]

Governor-elect Walker targets high-speed rail, road projects

By Marie Rohde Gov.-elect Scott Walker, hoarse from his election night celebration, was optimistic on Wednesday that Wisconsin’s high-speed rail project could be stopped and that highway construction projects will […]

Building owner pushes groundwater fight to high court (UPDATE)

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 […]