Legal Opinion
Friends of Milwaukee's Rivers and Lake Michigan Federation v. Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 1, 2004No. 03-3809PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
For decades, the defendant Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) and its predecessor organization have, for various reasons, occasionally discharged untreated sewage directly into Lake Michigan and Milwaukee’s rivers. The discharges were reduced in number and volume after MMSD’s system’s capacity was expanded by the Deep Tunnel, which was completed in 1994. However, discharges from sanitary sewers (which violate the Clean Water Act and MMSD’s discharge permit) have persisted despite expectations that the Deep Tunnel would virtually eliminate them.
The…
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