Environment
As rains intensify, sewage surges into Wisconsin waters
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Climate change is bringing heavier rains, making it tougher to keep untreated sewage and stormwater out of the Great Lakes.
pathogens
Leaky sewer pipes could export viruses to lakes
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A Milwaukee scientist who has found sewage migrating from old pipes through soil and into the stormwater lines that drain to lakes or streams says the problem is likely to occur in Madison and cities nationwide.
water pollution
Drugs found in Lake Michigan, miles from sewage outfalls
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Prescription drugs are contaminating Lake Michigan two miles from Milwaukee’s sewage outfalls, suggesting that the lake is not diluting the compounds as most researchers expected, according to new research. Republished from Environmental Health News.
milwaukee water works
20 years after fatal outbreak, Milwaukee leads on water testing
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For the public officials who safeguard Milwaukee’s water, Cryptosporidium changed everything.