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The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) is a regional government agency that provides water reclamation and flood management services for about 1.1 million people in 28 communities in the Greater Milwaukee Area. A recipient of the U.S. Water Prize [1] and many other awards, the District has a record of 98.4 percent, since 1994, for ...
The Pryor Avenue Iron Well, or Iron Well, is an early artesian water well located in the Bay View Historic District of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was built in 1882 and named for its high iron content. Originally water naturally flowed from the pressurized aquifer below. The original hand pump is now replaced with an electric pump.
The City of Milwaukee was authorized by the Wisconsin Legislature to construct the water tower in 1871. [3] Designed by Charles A. Gombert, it was built out of limestone from Wauwatosa, Wisconsin to house the wrought iron standpipe. [4] The building cost more than $50,000 to complete, far exceeding the original $8,000 estimate.
While Milwaukee has received some federal funding for lead line replacements, it won't be enough to prevent rate hikes for customers Milwaukee Water Works warns that lead pipe replacements could ...
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Carrie Lewis, superintendent of Milwaukee water works in 2015, explained that "people had been hurt, they felt let down by their drinking water and it took a long time for them to believe that we knew what we were doing again," [13] It took ten years for Milwaukee citizens to begin to trust the public water supply again with the help of ...
The state will distribute millions of dollars to help address water contamination, including more than $30 million to help Milwaukee address lead.