The village of Waukesha is suing to stop the construction of a pipeline meant to supply water to its neighboring city of Waukesha, in a dispute likely rooted in a separate legal fight between the two municipalities.

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The Waukesha Water Utility is seeking contractors to bid on the first stages of a $286 million project to build a pipeline and other infrastructure needed to supply the city with water from Lake Michigan.

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The Conference of Great Lakes Governors should not be — and will not be — a rubber stamp for the city of Waukesha's request to draw its water supply from Lake Michigan.

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The city of Waukesha should be getting an update within the next month or two on its application to tap into water in Lake Michigan.

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The Great Lakes will not be harmed by Waukesha’s application to use and return Lake Michigan water under the terms of the Great Lakes Compact. And Waukesha will not set any precedent for harm by others.

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The working men and women of Plumbers Local 75, as well as the members of our statewide organization, the Wisconsin Pipe Trades Association, stand behind the city of Waukesha in its efforts to get its water from Lake Michigan.

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For years, opponents of Waukesha’s application to use and recycle Great Lakes water have issued a series of misleading news releases and opinion pieces. They are usually intended to leave the impression that the project would somehow threaten the Great Lakes.

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Wisconsin environmental officials say Waukesha has failed to justify the volume of Lake Michigan water it says city customers will need over the next four decades as part of a Great Lakes diversion request.

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The city of Waukesha has submitted an updated application to Wisconsin's Department of Natural Resources for permission to use Lake Michigan for its drinking water.

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Lake Michigan is just 15 miles from this city of 70,000 in the Milwaukee suburbs. But these days it seems like a gigantic, shimmering mirage, tantalizingly out of reach.

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