Miller Park toilets flush into river, lake: Dye test confirms bad connection of storm, sanitary sewers at stadium.

Byline: Don Behm

Mar. 14--At least one sanitary sewer at Miller Park is misconnected to a storm sewer, allowing untreated human waste to flow directly into the Menomonee River and downstream to Lake Michigan, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District officials said Tuesday. Green dye flowing out of a storm sewer on the Menomonee River confirmed at least one misconnection between a sanitary sewer from Miller Park and storm sewer lines draining from stadium parking lots less than three weeks before 40,000 fans arrive for opening day. The improper connection allows human fecal bacteria from bathrooms on the northeast corner of the stadium to flow into the river. One or more of the sanitary sewer pipes coming from that corner of the stadium likely was connected inadvertently …