One frustrating thing about environmental communication is that the advantage always goes to the simple — or simplistic — argument.I see this often in the way clean-water agencies get beat over the head about sanitary sewer overflows. Here in Wisconsin, radio talk shows and headline-grabbing political office seekers have regularly thumped on the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District when a major storm leads to a release of untreated sewage to Lake Michigan.I’m not suggesting that sewer overflows are just fine and can be ignored. I just don’t like the way they get politicized and the way responsible agencies get tarred by
