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Sewage spill cause for alarm

Duluth News Tribune - 7/31

Does this bother anyone else? Close to 5 million gallons of raw sewage dumped into the St. Louis Bay! WLSSD's reply (more or less): "We will get on top of this situation."

When? After another 5 million or 10 million gallons, or maybe after someone gets very ill from contact with the water? Do you think maybe this is affecting tourism and fishing now (and later) when the beaches are closed due to the spillage and people are advised not to even touch the water?

As a concerned water consumer and former St. Louis Bay fisherman, I'm thinking maybe the EPA and the DNR should both wake up and set up a permanent office at WLSSD and start following through with fines and penalties that should be imposed. To the City of Duluth utilities departments, thank you for doing your job of making the "tainted" lake water drinkable.

NEIL VATNE

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