Milwaukee Sewerage District Moves Ahead With Energy-Saving Pipeline

After a 10-month delay, landfill gas is now flowing through a 19-mile pipeline that runs from Muskego, Wis., to the Jones Island Wastewater Treatment Plant in the Milwaukee harbor, operated by the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District. The gas, which will be used for electricity at Jones Island, was touted as “green energy” when the project was announced in 2009.According to an article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the $86 million energy project is “intended to save money over 20 years by reducing the amount of more costly natural gas needed to power the treatment plant.” Savings were originally projected between