A recent Journal-Sentinel editorial echoed Milwaukee Riverkeeper's concern that Waukesha undertake an EIS (environmental impact statement) in its application for Great Lakes Water.

[excerpted from the Journal-Sentinel]

The City of Waukesha's application for Great Lakes water needs to be done right - and carefully. It probably will be the first such application under the terms of the recently approved Great Lakes compact, and, as such, requires the closest scrutiny from the state Department of Natural Resources and the public.

At the same time, Waukesha is under a very real time constraint. It needs another source of water so it doesn't have to rely on radium-laced city wells that pose public health and environmental issues. And if it can draw water from Lake Michigan and return it without significant loss to the lake or harm to the environment, there is no good reason to deny Waukesha that water.

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