Truckloads of fresh farm milk have been flushed down the drain into Milwaukee’s sewer system recently as dairy plants, filled to the brim, couldn’t accept more of the highly perishable commodity, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, part of the USA TODAY Network, learned this week.
The milk was treated to comply with state and federal environmental regulations, including the federal Clean Water Act, before it went into the wastewater treatment system, according to the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District.