Wastewater accidentally in Lincoln Creek, almost 10 km gallons, released

Milwaukee – – The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District said on Friday that a contractor accidentally released almost 10,000 gallons wastewater in Lincoln Creek at the beginning of this week.

What you say:

It happened on Tuesday, March 11th. According to MMSD, workers with Veolia Water Milwaukee have thrown the sanitary wastewater out of a vacuum car into a storm channel and confused it with a sanitary waters.

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As a result, the waste water entered the Lincoln Creek near 32nd and Hampton. MMSD reported on the incident to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

On Wednesday, MMSD said that Veolia crews had clogged and cleaned the affected storm channel before it was opened again for normal operation. Veolia also conducted an obligatory supervisory process process and a planned refresher training for his field crews that start next week.

MMSD is a regional government agency that commissioned water extraction with the recording and cleaning of wastewater for 29 municipalities in the Milwaukee area, which cover 423 square miles.

What's next:

MMSD said it would continue to work with Veolia to determine why the mistake happened.