tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post2379202566508983370..comments2023-10-08T04:12:46.273-05:00Comments on The Political Environment: Business Leaders Risk Killing The Compact: Maybe That Is The Plan?James Rowenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203270946492159686noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-70016950398140594152008-01-12T17:05:00.000-06:002008-01-12T17:05:00.000-06:00Waukesha has a tremendous opportunity to show lea...Waukesha has a tremendous opportunity to show leadership in water resource management. Waukesha is a relatively water rich county that has been aware of its water woes for decades. Poor land use decisions and the continued mismanagement of groundwater within its watershed has some of its leaders seeking a cheap and easy fix- take water from another watershed because we messed up our own. Conservation efforts are a good start but the more critical solution to the growing cone of depression(the largest in North America) and associated radium laced water is to switch from a wasting system to a recycling system. Pumping water from the ground at rates far greater than nature can replenish, using it, treating it, then dumping it into a river which eventually deposits it into the Gulf of Mexico has not served us well. Sustainable management of our water resources.<BR/>If a water rich community like Waukesha can't do it, how can we expect water poor communities to not come knocking at the door. Waukesha - do the right thing, manage your resources responsibly-Lead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com