Thursday, March 30, 2006

Flush twice. It's a long way to the lake.

The Associated Press is reporting a "mishap" resulted in 800,000 gallons of partially treated sewage to get dumped into Lake Michigan yesterday by the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage Commission (MMSD).
Considering recent weather has been dry, the discharge could be in violation of the district's state operating permit, said Jane LeCapitaine, a spokeswoman for the private firm that runs the sewer system for the district.
Ya think?