WAUKESHA - The Waukesha Water Utility hopes to avoid a lengthy process of applying for Lake Michigan water access through a compact needing approval by all the region’s states by arguing its ground water system’s connection to the Great Lakes basin and easterly flow should deem it eligible with or without the new guidelines in place.
This overlooks the fact that Waukesha's groundwater may be linked to Lake Michigan because Waukesha's massive pumping of groundwater has drawn Lake Michigan tributary groundwater toward Waukesha. In other words, the city has been using water unsustainably, and that justifies giving it Lake Michigan water.
http://www.gmtoday.com/news/local_stories/2006/Sept_06/09302006_01.asp
A slightly more nuanced view from today's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=506616
Posted by Dave at October 1, 2006 11:24 AM