Green Thursday: Oh Poo!

Dye confirms problem with ballpark sewers (from Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

"At least one sanitary sewer pipe from bathrooms at Miller Park could be misconnected to a storm sewer draining a stadium parking lot, allowing human fecal bacteria to flow into the Menomonee River...Colored dye poured into sinks inside the stadium was observed in a storm sewer about 10:21 a.m. Tuesday, said Peter R. Topczewski, water quality protection manager for the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District. Prior to that time, bathrooms inside a Milwaukee Police Department office in the basement of the stadium and a private suite on an upper level had been tested. By noon, the dye was seen flowing out of a storm sewer pipe that discharges to the river east of the stadium and south of I-94."

If they don't get this fixed by Brewers Opening Day (April 2) it'll mean porta potties at Miller Park.

Aren't there inspectors on these construction projects that sign-off on different stages? Is this my tax money hard at work? We had to have several inspections on our house remodel. Heck, the guy wouldn't even let us move back in because we didn't have locks on the bathroom doors.

You can do some testing yourself, check out this website.

Just pour the color down the toilet and wait for it to show up 'who knows where?' You can also dye test the rain run-off from your gutters.

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