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reteachinwi

(579 posts)
8. Gov.(Wis) Walker's base lives here.
Tue Feb 5, 2013, 10:30 PM
Feb 2013

Waukesha’s application asserts that the city needs a new source of water to address water quantity and quality concerns. Waukesha now gets its public water supply from groundwater wells in deep aquifers, where water levels have dropped more than 500 feet and are continuing to decline up to 9 feet every year. The groundwater in the deep aquifer also contains high levels of radium, a carcinogen. Waukesha’s 2010 average day demand was 6.9 million gallons of water per day and peak day demand was 8.7 million gallons of water per day. Waukesha’s wastewater is currently discharged to the Fox River in the Mississippi River Basin.
http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/wateruse/waukeshadiversionapp.html

They want Milwaukee to supply Lake Michigan water that is now in short supply. Shortsightedness, thy name is Wanker.

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