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Article: South Milwaukee cited for sewage
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- January 4, 2002
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South Milwaukee cited for sewage
DNR says haulers use plant after hours, drop loads down manholes
By MARIE ROHDE
of the Journal Sentinel staff
Friday, January 4, 2002
South Milwaukee -- Private waste haulers have routinely dumped
their loads at the South Milwaukee sewage treatment plant after hours
when no plant officials were working.
Industrial and septic system waste haulers also dropped their
loads down manholes into sewers in residential neighborhoods,
according to the Department of Natural Resources.
Both practices are illegal under state law, which has prompted the
DNR to cite the city for violating its permit to operate the sewage
treatment plant.
Records are so incomplete and ...