Sewerage district talks about what it did in 2012, and a good deal of that talk has to do with issues in Wauwatosa.
The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District has released its annual review video for 2012, and more than one highlight from the reel has implications for Wauwatosa – one of them directly. Segments on inflow and infiltration of stormwater into sanitary sewer laterals should be familar language by now to residents of East Tosa, where 80-year-old sewer lines are in need of $100 million in repairs. Among local laterals already investigated and repaired under MMSD pilot projects are many in East Tosa. At the 2:28 mark in the video, MMSD's Tim Bate talks about a major capital project completed in 2012 at North 59th and State streets. That's the location of the mouth of Schoonmaker Creek. The video footage shows a torrent of water pouring from …
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N 60th St & W State St, Milwaukee, WI
New MMSD pumping station online at mouth of Schoonmaker Creek
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Highlands neighbors hold up application to have MMSD take charge of stream, even though the city is under no obligation to follow through after vetting of the proposal.
The city engineer is recommending that Wauwatosa look into turning over jurisdiction of one of its waterways to the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, and he says that could save the city millions of dollars in sewer repairs. But a small group of irate citizens from one of Wauwatosa's more notable neighborhoods, the Washington Highlands, prompted aldermen to delay a vote on applying for the change, and that delay could put off for a full year any progress on the switchover and any work on the sewers. It could also expose thousands of households thoughout East Tosa to another year of possible flooding. The reason for the neighbors' anger? They weren't told the city was considering such a move nor consulted on it beforehand. They say …
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1700 Martha Washington Dr, Wauwatosa, WI
The midst of the Washington Highlands
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anita
6:15 pm on Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Paul, please point out what you find so disturbingly biased. more ›