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Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, attorney general settlement will cost taxpayers.
Byline: Sean Ryan
The settlement between the state attorney general and 28 Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District communities will force elected officials to overcome their fears.
They, or at least many of them, must ask voters for more money. This is an unpopular thing to do today, and the impulse to avoid it is part of the reason these communities are in this situation.
Sewers are out of sight and out of mind. Voters don't complain if a sewer falls into disrepair like they do if a road gets potholes. Voters do complain if their taxes go up to pay for an expensive sewer project.
The result of this situation is deferred sewer maintenance. The pipes crack, allowing water to leak in and overload the system during storms. This was identified as a leading cause of the May 2004 sewer overflow that spurred Attorney General Peg Lautenschalger's complaint against the MMSD and the communities it serves.
"The stipulation was partially due to long-term underinvestment due to tight municipal budgets," Richard Wanta, executive director of the Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association, wrote to his members after reading the settlement. "Municipal officials tend to wait until there is a crisis before they repair or replace these old sewers."
The May 2004 overflow is the crisis that will force municipal officials to face the music.
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