Racine fears Waukesha’s sewage will bring ‘danger’
By Tom Henry, The Ripple Effect (Toledo Blade)
WAUKESHA, Wis. – While visiting the lovely state of Wisconsin earlier this month, I learned the battle over Waukesha’s future water supply isn’t just about the 8.2 million gallons a day of treated Lake Michigan water that Waukesha wants to start buying from nearby Oak Creek, Wis., within a few years.
To the city of Racine, it’s also about the quality of 8.2 million gallons a day of treated wastewater, or effluent, Waukesha plans to put into the Root River to make up for what is taken from the lake on its behalf.