The Journal Sentinel reports that MMSD, The Crappy Water People™, dumped an estimated 3.27 million gallons of sewage as a result of Monday’s March rain. The breakdown is as follows:
- 2.7 million gallons of raw sewage from the combined sewer system, one of 6 such dumpings allowed by the DNR.
- 570,000 gallons of really-raw sewage from a separate waste-only sewer in St. Francis. This dumping, illegal under both the state permit to MMSD and federal law, was, according to the MMSD the result of a bottleneck from leaky sewers in St. Francis and Cudahy. They hope that a relief sewer scheduled to be constructed starting this fall will eliminate that.
Just remember, that 2.7 million “allowed” gallons is 2.7 million gallons more than you or I am allowed to dump overboard if we’re out fishing and a sudden call to nature happens.
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That is a point I find amazing. You pee in the lake, HUGE fine, MMSD dumps more than Paul Bunyan, Eh, who cares.
I’m thinking about posting pics of the lake slime as it develops over the summer. Now if the web only could host a sample of the stink…