(WI) Pierce County Herald – Waukesha took one small step yesterday toward getting rid of its radium-contaminated water wells. A committee in nearby Milwaukee recommended that the city declare an interest in selling water to Waukesha under the terms of the new Great Lakes water protection agreement.
Waukesha is just outside Lake Michigan’s natural basin — and under the new compact, it might eventually get approval from all eight Great Lakes governors to use Lake Michigan’s water. As part of the process, Waukesha is seeking bids from communities which already use the lake’s water — and the city would tap into them. More