Michigan Live Radio, March 14, 2016
Author: Rebecca Kruth

In a letter to the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Regional Body and Compact Council, 41 conservation groups say Waukesha fails to meet diversion requirements laid out in the Great Lakes Compact:

The City of Waukesha: 1) does not justify why it needs so much more water than it is currently using; 2) does not consider all reasonable alternatives to provide potable water for its residents; and 3) proposes to divert Great Lakes water to communities who do not need it.  Consequently, the [Great Lakes] Compact prohibits the approval of an exception from the ban on diversions.