Politics - March 30, 2007
Low voter turnout could be candidates’ fault
Bemoaning low voter turnout is in season, but maybe this season’s plague of unused ballots might be the fault of the candidates.
Tags: election, vote, school board, MPS, ziegler, troha, sewer, milorganite, feingold, plale

Milwaukee Buzz - Oct. 3, 2006
We can stem the tide of sewage release
Milwaukee skies have been restless the past few days and all that rain should remind us that we can help make up for the inadequacies of our storm sewers. And the additional benefit -- besides helping to prevent our stank from getting dumped into the lake -- is that we save water
Tags: MMSD, Lake Michigan, storm water, sewage, sewer, deep tunnel

Marketplace - April 2, 2006
Spring melt brings downspout concerns
Homeowners often ask what they can do with their own property in order to be part of the greater solution and not the problem. One way in which property owners can help is by strategically diverting rainwater from the city's combined sewer system.
Tags: Spring melt brings downspout concerns, sewer, gutter, homeowner

Marketplace - March 14, 2006
Rain barrels allow Milwaukeeans to help solve sewer problems
As last week's deluge reminded us, spring showers are not far off and that means Milwaukee's ongoing sewer overflow issues will likely return. Although you might feel powerless to change the situation, every Milwaukee area homeowner can do something to alleviate the problem: get a rain barrel.
Tags: Rain barrel, green, environment, sewer, Lake Michigan, KGMB, MMSD, DCD, overflow, garden, marcoux, dcd

Politics - May 12, 2008
Sprawl and Sewer Overflows
Don Behm's April 19, 2008 Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel article goes on at length about the "swelling sanitary sewers," but no mention is made between this phenomenon and it's connection to urban sprawl. This is a glaring and puzzling omission.As Dr. Jane Frankenberger, an Assistant Profes...
Tags: sprawl, sewer, politics