Well, the song was good, but the Schlitz beer that made Milwaukee famous was undoubtedly preferable to a day spent on Milwaukees Lake Michigan beaches!

Environmental groups report, once again, substantial amounts of medical waste washing up on their beaches.

It is reported that the massive mystery wash-ups of trash onto West Michigan beaches in 2008 and 2010 came from untreated Milwaukee sanitary sewage and storm water flooding into Lake Michigan. The Coast Guard/EPA investigation cited the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District’s combined sewer overflows as the “logical suspect” behind both summer washups. The beach trash included syringes and other medical waste.

Don’t scoff, Thames Water have the same issues, pumping untold volumes of untreated sewage into the Thames.

The records show Milwaukee released some 686 million gallons of combined sanitary sewage and storm water June 7-9, 2008, and 1.9 billion gallons July 22-25, 2010. Floods struck the Milwaukee area both times after summer rains, overwhelming the sewage treatment plant and causing big releases into the lake.

Schlitz beer anyone?