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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By Sean Ryan Milwaukee is negotiating from a position of strength after the state forced Waukesha to reveal the costs of buying water from other communities. Waukesha officials plan to buy Lake Michigan water from Milwaukee, Oak Creek or Racine, ...

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By Sean Ryan Skeptics worried about Waukesha’s proposal to put water into flood-prone Underwood Creek say the city should instead build a pipe to Lake Michigan. The Waukesha Water Utility plan to buy Lake Michigan water includes returning it to ...

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By Sean Ryan Wauwatosa residents want a guarantee from Waukesha planners that a water pipeline emptying into Underwood Creek will not lead to flooding and pollution. “I’m taking an ‘I’m from Missouri’ stance on this one,” said Bill Kappel, Wauwatosa ...

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By Sean Ryan The Waukesha Water Utility has to spend millions drawing fresh water from a new source. Whether ratepayers bear the brunt of that cost depends, at least partially, on how successful the utility is drawing federal grant money ...

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By Sean Ryan Environmental groups are suspicious of the development projections Waukesha is using to justify its request for Lake Michigan water. “We are concerned about the land use and population estimates,” said Laurie Longtine, co-chairwoman of the Wisconsin Environmental ...

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By Sean Ryan As Dan Duchniak, general manager of the Waukesha Water Utility, explained the $164 million plan to build a pipeline to Lake Michigan, members of city government asked if he had any cheaper alternatives. After studying 14 alternatives ...

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