PCBs to be cleared from Mitchell Park sewer

Nov 9 2009 Karessa Weir No Comments

(WI) Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Workers in protective suits equipped with hoses for fresh air will enter a 120-year-old brick sewer beneath Mitchell Park on Monday to begin removing a thick, jelly-like layer of soil and debris contaminated with toxic chemicals, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District officials said.

Federal environmental officials have agreed to a partial cleanup of polychlorinated biphenyls in the old brick line so work can proceed on a wet-weather relief sewer to be built beneath the aged wastewater conduit.

The new 7-foot-diameter pipe will take storm-swollen flows from south side street sewers directly to Jones Island, freeing up space in the deep tunnel storage system for flows from other areas, said Bob Plecash, project manager for MMSD. More

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