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People could be unknowingly spreading forever chemicals on their lawns and gardens in the form of fertilizers sold across the country, including Milwaukee s famed Milorganite.
A study by the Sierra Club and the Michigan-based Ecology Center found that Milorganite was one of several fertilizers that contain PFAS. All of the fertilizers are made of at least 50% biosolids treated sewage sludge rich in nutrients helpful in growing grass, fruits and vegetables.
MMSD has been selling Milorganite as a commercial fertilizer since 1926 in the United States and Canada, and on its website touts the product as one of the nation s oldest recycling efforts.
(Milwaukee, WI) – The Fresh Coast Protection Partnership, the community-based partnership between Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) and Corvias announces the construction of its first green infrastructure project at the New Testament Church of Milwaukee.
The partnership, approved in 2019, was developed to implement and manage green infrastructure (GI) projects across MMSDs service area through an integrated delivery approach that provides innovation, efficiency and inclusion in support of MMSDs overarching goals to reduce overflow volumes, localized flooding and improving water quality.
The New Testament Church of Milwaukee constructed wetland project is the first project in the Program’s pilot phase of work to get to construction. New Testament Church is situated on 64 acres, located on the northwest side of the City of Milwaukee with a congregation of approximately 850 members.