Sewage effluent kills fish in waters of Madison, WI
- Date Range
- 1970 – 1970
- Title
- Sewage effluent kills fish in waters of Madison, WI
- What occurred
- In the late 1960s, Madison's creeks and streams flowing into Lake Monona were seeing large amounts of pollution and subsequently many fish deaths. Sewage treatment plants in Madison were discharging water containing high nitrogen and phosphorous into nearby rivers, causing algal blooms that deprived the water of oxygen. Aside from 4 sewage treatment plants, meat company Oscar Mayer and Co. was also listed by the Wisconsin DNR as a polluter. After completing a water pollution survey of the area, the DNR issued pollution abatement orders to each of the suspected polluters.
- Location
- 5100 McKenna Rd, Monona WI 53716
- Image Citation
- https://madison.newspapers.com/image/519581891/?terms=area%20sewage%20exacts&match=1 —— https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/ZAWWDO42FCPKZ8Z
- Student name(s)
- Hailey Stoltenberg