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Milwaukee’s Underwater Toxic Storage | Milwaukee News
Milwaukee’s launching a $122 million underwater cleanup operation in Lake Michigan — a giant, waterproof steel “bathtub” designed to lock away 1.9 million cubic yards of toxic PCB-laden sediment. This massive containment facility, part of a broader Great Lakes cleanup effort, will permanently isolate carcinogenic pollutants from decades of industrial dumping. Engineers have built an impermeable barrier with steel and concrete, complete with leak monitors, while dredging plans are set to begin as early as 2027. Once full — possibly in decades — the site will be capped and transformed into…
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