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November 2002
Posted inColumns
The Business of Running an Art Gallery
“Dear landlord, please don’t put a price on my soul; my burden is heavy, and my dreams are beyond my control” — Bob Dylan
Posted inNeighborhood News
Milwaukee Public Schools Report Record Student Suspensions
One in five Milwaukee public school students is suspended at least once during the year, according to Milwaukee Catalyst, a non-profit education research and advocacy organization.
Posted inNeighborhood News
Beneath Our Feet, Beneath Our Rivers
Flushing the toilet results in an out-of-sight, out-of-mind phenomenon. The construction on Humboldt Boulevard should remind us that the sewers exist as a web under our feet. From small to large, the sewer pipes lead to Jones Island where the wastewater is treated and returned to the lake free of solids and bacteria. The solid waste is converted to Milorganite, Milwaukee’s trademark lawn care fertilizer product sold around the country.
Posted inUncategorized
The State of Our Sewers: A Historical Perspective
by Michael Horne
Related Article: Beneath Our Feet, Beneath Our Rivers
An examination of the Milwaukee River after a sewage discharge does not present an encouraging sight. The best that can be said is that it’s nice to see that people are using condoms nowadays. As we debate the merits and failings of the Deep Tunnel system, designed twenty years ago to prevent the problems we still face, it’s interesting to note that Milwaukee’s sewage disposal system had already confounded and divided experts more than a century ago.
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