ELR Citation: ELR 20304
No(s). 71-CR-54 (W.D. Wis. Jan 6, 1972)

The discharge by a creamery of liquid containing milk wastes and wash water with suspended solids flowing through a sewer into navigable water is in violation of the Refuse Act of 1899. The "streets and sewers" exemption from the Refuse Act covers only the discharge of organic solid matter present i...