Monday, October 15, 2012
The village is shifting the focus of its sewer plan to leaky laterals, the piping which connects homes to the sewer system, and is footing the bill — for now.
The village is shifting the focus of its comprehensive sewer plan to leaky private laterals, with a plan to rehab and repair 463 over nine years. Next year Shorewood hopes to repair 75 laterals — the pipe which connects homes to the village’s sewer system — at a cost of $526,000. Half of the funds will come from money already borrowed by the village, the rest from a Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District program. The village says it will need the permission of property owners — as the laterals are actually owned by the property owner — before they can conduct the work. The 75 homes have been identified as properties with laterals most in need of repair and provide the biggest benefit to the whole sewer system, Village Engineer Mustafa …
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
The Village Board approved a $10,340 contract with UWM's Center for Urban Initiatives and Research to produce a community survey and conduct data analysis.
Property owners can expect to receive a survey in the mail soon, as the village attempts to gauge community support of its 10-year, $34.4 million approach to faulty sewers. Shorewood worked with University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Center for Urban Initiatives and Research to develop a seven-question survey, which should be in the mail this week. The Village Board approved a $10,340 contract with UWM on June 11 to develop the survey. It asks residents whether they support the village’s sewer plan, whether they prefer to pay through property taxes or user fees and if they support the use of special assessments to fund some of the project. UWM's Urban Initiatives Center will also provide data analysis and develop a final report with the …
Friday, June 24, 2011
Downpours Monday and Tuesday added up to more than Deep Tunnel would hold without threat of basement backups.
Heavy rains this week capped by the downpour Tuesday evening caused the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District to divert 170.5 million gallons of untreated combined stormwater and sanitary sewage overflow to area waterways. The district also "blended" 26.8 million gallons of partially treated wastewater and released it to Lake Michigan. According to MMSD's report to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources on sewer overflows resulting from heavy rain on Monday and Tuesday: Localized flooding resulted from strong storms Monday morning with about 2 inches of rain falling in less than two hours. The Deep Tunnel filled to 288 million gallons out of 521 million gallons capacity. MMSD pumped the tunnel down throughout the day and …
CowDung
8:43 am on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Those darn Westies again--they can't keep anything nice... more ›