A storage basin containing wastewater at the Waste Treatment Plant in Washburn, Wisconsin, is on track to overflow due to the fast melting of snow, and that is threatening Lake Superior. The storage basin at Washburn’s treatment plant typically takes in 175,000 to 200,000 gallons of water per day; in four days, it took in over 3.4 million gallons. Read the full story by WDIO-DT – Duluth, MN.
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