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.
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.