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No Backups Reported in Recent Rainstorm

The village did not experience any reported backups or street flooding, despite more than three inches of rainfall in a 24-hour period.

Whitefish Bay sewers were able to withstand heavy rainfall Wednesday and Thursday without any problems, according to village officials.

The MMSD rain gauge at Shorewood DPW recorded 3.2 inches of rain from 11 a.m. Wednesday to 11 a.m. Thursay, said Village Engineer Dan Naze. Despite the storm being categorized as a once-in-five years storm recurrence, no basement backups or street flooding were reported to Village Hall.

Crews measured the rain flow in about 20 sanitary and sewer manholes –mostly south of Fairmount Avenue – and found moderate to high sanitary flows in all of them. Several of the sanitary pipes were flowing full or were nearly full, Naze said.

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Naze said there was a large amount of clear water in the sanitary laterals in Sewer Basin 1203, which is undergoing a private lateral replacement project to address inflow and infiltration problems in the area. Naze said one manhole in the 4700 blocks had a steady stream of rain water flowing, resembling a moderately flowing garden hose.


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