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Article: FLOW set back in `sewer wars' PSC rules in favor of sewerage district on all major issues of dispute
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- July 19, 1996
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The state Public Service Commission Thursday handed the Milwaukee
Metropolitan Sewerage District a clear victory in the long-running
"sewer wars."
The PSC ruled against a coalition of eight area suburbs on all
major issues contained in a complaint filed over the district's
method of charging the suburbs for sewer capital costs.
"The sewer war is over; we're just waiting for the check. It may
take two years to get it, but we'll get it," said sewerage district
spokesman Steve McKay, alluding to a possible appeal of the decision
by the suburbs. An appeal could take 18 months to two years.
The suburbs were represented by their coalition, known as FLOW,