MMSD commission will consider reprimand for staff
Source: By MARIE ROHDE, Journal Sentinel (WI), May 9, 2006
Although Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District officials blamed contractors Monday for the accidental dumping of 822,000 gallons of partially treated sewage during dry weather in March, the commission that oversees the district is not satisfied and will meet in closed session to determine if the district staff should be reprimanded. The contractors - Staff Electric and Ruekert & Mielke, a Pewaukee engineering firm - received letters of reprimand for the dumping March 29. The contractors would have to pay any fines if the state Department of Natural Resources decides to take legal action, officials said.
........John Cheslik, the general manager for United Water Service, the private firm that operates the sewage system, and John Jankowski, the MMSD official who oversees the private firm's compliance to its contract, had told the commission earlier that the incidents were the result of malfunctioning equipment.