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Article: Storm water ponds have been working well for Big Cedar
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- May 27, 2004
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Storm water ponds have been working well for Big Cedar
Soil, other contaminants kept from entering lake
By DON BEHM dbehm@journalsentinel.com, Journal Sentinel
Thursday, May 27, 2004
Town of West Bend -- Several storm water storage ponds near Big
Cedar Lake successfully blocked recent heavy rains from dumping soil
and other contaminants into Washington County's largest water body,
an official with the lake's Protection and Rehabilitation District
said.
Uphill ponds west, east and north of the lake trapped the muddy
flows that in past decades would have pushed their loads into the
lake, said Bob Schulteis, the district's operations manager.
In contrast to clear water pouring out of the ends ...