I've used the phrase "Marshall Plan" to describe what Wisconsin must do to effectively address its clean water challenges.
And I'd say the term I chose for dramatic effect describes what three of Gov. Evers' cabinet officers accurately laid out in a multi-agency document released last week "to reach a day when all [Wisconsin] is safe to drink."
Their recommendations cover these known, major issues:
They were highlighted at meetings this year of the Speaker's Task Force on Groundwater, and it's obvious that a lot of funding, inter-agency and bi-partisan cooperation is needed to make real, not marginal or incremental progress.
In the January words of Nancy Utesch, long-time clean water advocate in manure-soaked, CAFO-heavy Kewaunee County:
And I'd say the term I chose for dramatic effect describes what three of Gov. Evers' cabinet officers accurately laid out in a multi-agency document released last week "to reach a day when all [Wisconsin] is safe to drink."
Their recommendations cover these known, major issues:
Nitrates in groundwaterNonpoint pollutionForever (PFAS) chemicalsLead contaminationPathogens
They were highlighted at meetings this year of the Speaker's Task Force on Groundwater, and it's obvious that a lot of funding, inter-agency and bi-partisan cooperation is needed to make real, not marginal or incremental progress.
In the January words of Nancy Utesch, long-time clean water advocate in manure-soaked, CAFO-heavy Kewaunee County:
'We have waited long enough."
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| Manure flowing from a Kewaunee CAFO. |