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584 pounds of medications turned in

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Published Nov. 19, 2009 at 5:57 p.m.

Residents of five Milwaukee County communities dropped off 584 pounds of unused or expired medications at their local police departments in recent months, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District officials said Thursday.The pharmaceuticals were collected this week and MMSD will pay for proper disposal.The district asks area residents not to flush medicine down a sink drain or toilet because sewage treatment plants are not designed to remove them from water and the chemicals are discharged to

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PCBs to be cleared from Mitchell Park sewer

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Published Nov. 8, 2009 at 9:35 p.m.

Workers in protective suits equipped with hoses for fresh air will enter a 120-year-old brick sewer beneath Mitchell Park on Monday to begin removing a thick, jelly-like layer of soil and debris contaminated with toxic chemicals, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District officials said.Federal environmental officials have agreed to a partial cleanup of polychlorinated biphenyls in the old brick line so work can proceed on a wet-weather relief sewer to be built beneath the aged wastewater

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MMSD adopts no-increase property tax levy

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Published Nov. 2, 2009 at 2:19 p.m.

The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District's commission Monday adopted a property tax levy of nearly $82.46 million for 2010, the same amount as this year.Though the levy for Milwaukee County property owners is not increased, the tax rate needed to generate the revenue will go up three cents to offset declining property values in much of the county, officials said.The district's commission Monday approved an $82,458,000 levy to help pay for the district's $265.7 million capital budget for 2010

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MMSD approves budget with small fee increase

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Published Oct. 26, 2009 at 5:09 p.m.

Milwaukee County residences will pay an average of $4.61 more for user charges in 2010 than this year, under a $353.2 million spending plan approved Monday by the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District's commission.Residential and industrial user charges will rise 2% overall to pay for increases in costs of operating two sewage treatment plants, deep tunnels, regional collector sewers and the Milorganite sewage sludge fertilizer factory.The district's 2010 operating and maintenance budget

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MMSD approves purchase of homes along the Kinnickinnic

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Published Oct. 26, 2009 at 3:41 p.m.

The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District's commission approved the purchase Monday of 27 residences and 12 Milwaukee County-owned parcels along the Kinnickinnic River upstream of S. 6th St. as part of a proposed flood control plan for the stream.A 2010 district budget adopted Monday at the commission meeting allocates nearly $2 million to acquire most of the parcels next year. All homes would be demolished.Proposed flood control measures include removing a concrete lining on the river bed,

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Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District: 2010 budgets pass with 0% and 2% increases

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Published Oct. 26, 2009 at 12:00 a.m.

Contact: Bill Graffin, MMSD Public Information Manager, (414) 225-2077 2010 budgets pass with 0% and 2% increases(Milwaukee, WI) – Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) Commissioners to ...

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MMSD commissioners approve flat rates for 2010

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Published Oct. 26, 2009 at 11:55 a.m.

Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) commissioners today approved ...

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MMSD identifies initial 27 properties to demolish along KK River

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Published Oct. 19, 2009 at 4:07 p.m.

The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District on Monday identified the first group of 27 homes along the Kinnickinnic River it intends to purchase and demolish as part of a $49.9 million flood control plan for the urban stream.The residences plus 12 parcels owned by Milwaukee County - all located between S. 6th and S. 16th streets - will be acquired in the next several years, said Mike Martin, district technical services director.A preliminary flood management plan calls for removing a concrete

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MMSD slows South Shore plant for equipment work

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Published Sept. 30, 2009 at 11:13 a.m.

The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District on Wednesday cut wastewater flows up to 75% through its South Shore treatment plant in Oak Creek as contractors connect high voltage electrical components needed for a major equipment replacement project, officials said.Wednesday's forecast for dry weather enabled plant operators to divert more of the region's wastewater flows to the Jones Island treatment plant while work was done at South Shore, MMSD contract compliance officer John Jankowski

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MMSD approves funds to transform Melanec's Wheelhouse site

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Published Sept. 28, 2009 at 12:51 p.m.

The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District commission Monday approved spending $400,000 to purchase a conservation easement restricting development of 2.8 acres of property along the Milwaukee River north of downtown.The River Revitalization Foundation has offered to buy the former Melanec's Wheelhouse restaurant property for $1.4 million from owner John Chowanec. The land trust intends to demolish the building and establish a public park at the site.MMSD would pay the foundation the appraised

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