tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post8443546796748430687..comments2023-10-08T04:12:46.273-05:00Comments on The Political Environment: Milwaukee Riverkeeper Says Waukesha Doesn't Make Case For Lake Michigan WaterJames Rowenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203270946492159686noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-49755773398476587992013-11-22T06:15:31.099-06:002013-11-22T06:15:31.099-06:00Waukesha's application is all about growth, gr...Waukesha's application is all about growth, growth, and more growth.<br /><br />Classic example of poor suburban planning. Plan for growth without the resources to support habitat. Destroy the natural habitat after the fact.<br /><br />SEWRPC needs new leadership.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-13673917510943488882013-11-21T12:27:24.349-06:002013-11-21T12:27:24.349-06:00And River Keeper is right.
Waukesha folks would ...And River Keeper is right. <br /><br />Waukesha folks would be dumping chloride, pharmaticals, and dissolved solids directly into the Root River. Nobody is going to abandon their water softners in Waukesha. <br /><br />On the point that Waukesha has alternatives, the largest talking point is that nobody is telling Waukesha they must get off the deep aquifer. The Waukesha Utility tries to tie the 2018 court order to have a radium compliant source of water from all sources means that if Waukesha installed radium filters on all their deep aquifer wells, not just #10, the court order would be satisfied and the public health issue would be removed from the application. Furthermore, there is no stipulated year by Waukesha when to anticipate the need to address water quality concerns surrounding the deep aquifer addressed in the application. Seems likely that this issue is over exaggerated in the application.<br /><br />Again, Riverkeeper is spot on about need, boundries, and conservation or lack there of.<br /><br />If only the commenters on J/S were more intelligent about the issue.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com