Wisconsin's clean waters are increasingly blue-green, brown and unhealthy.
* Widespread well water contamination reported in Juneau County.
* Fecal contamination in Kewaunee County groundwater, recently described as "disgusting."
* Groundwater contaminated with dangerous chemicals in Marinette County near Lake Michigan.
* The doubling of impaired waterways in Wisconsin under Walker.
* The persistent dead zone in Lake Michigan and a blue-green algae outbreak in 2016.
* Lake Michigan dead zones, 2017 update.
* Blue-green algae outbreaks in 2018.
* Two years of raw sewage contamination tolerated in Eau Claire waters.
* Widespread well water contamination reported in Juneau County.
Testing of more than 100 water wells in a rural area of Juneau County found 42 percent of them had high levels of nitrates and nitrogen, making the water unsafe to drink, a groundwater specialist said Tuesday.Add that to:
* Fecal contamination in Kewaunee County groundwater, recently described as "disgusting."
One evening in October 2016, as [Erika] Balza and her husband were getting ready for bed, they turned on the faucets. Out came dark brown water that smelled like manure. "I mean, that's just disgusting," Balza says.
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| CAFO runoff in Kewaunee County |
* The doubling of impaired waterways in Wisconsin under Walker.
* The persistent dead zone in Lake Michigan and a blue-green algae outbreak in 2016.
* Lake Michigan dead zones, 2017 update.
* Blue-green algae outbreaks in 2018.
* Two years of raw sewage contamination tolerated in Eau Claire waters.