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Article: SEWER WARS NEARING DETENTE? FLOW to consider countering After sewerage district's concessions, communities to visit issue Wednesday
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- February 5, 1996
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Representatives of suburban communities that have battled the
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District over sewer fees for more
than a decade will meet Wednesday to discuss a possible counteroffer
to MMSD's latest settlement proposal.
But any talks of a compromise were rejected outright Sunday by a
district spokesman who said the district was not willing to move on
its offer.
The district proposed Friday to slash the amount of money it
contends six suburban communities owe for construction costs of the
deep tunnel project from $170 million to $107 million, a reduction
of $63 million.
In an effort to keep the momentum rolling, the communities that
make up the Fair Liquidation of Waste ...