Like a lone voice in the wilderness, Waukesha Mayor, Jeff Scrima is the only city official opposed to an application for a Lake Michigan water supply. As a candidate for mayor, Scrima opposed the Great Lakes plan and remains committed to that position.
Scrima has an alternative plan, but each of his proposals have been previously rejected by various water supply experts. Rather than requesting access to Lake Michigan water, with an estimated start-up cost of $164 million, critics say Scrima’s plan would cost around $211 million. The basis of his plan is to treat water from deep wells that is high in radium, drill more shallow wells and treat water pumped from quarries.
Some people question what Waukesha locals are doing to conserve water, saying they are using much more water than their fair share and want to take water from other places to meet their selfish needs.
When the Water Utility presented him with a letter stating a lake water supply was the only reasonable option available to the city, Scrima refused to sign it, and he wrote to Department of Natural Resources saying the city should not move ahead with the application. That caused the department to suspend reviewing the city application.
As reported at the end of last month, the Chamber of Commerce supports the bid for Lake Water Waukesha Chamber of Commerce Asks Members to Support Lake Michigan Water Bid
Critics of the radium treatment plan say the operating costs of radium treatment will climb as radium concentrations continue to increase. They also say continued drawing of water from the local wells is unsustainable, citing the fact that water levels are already down 600 feet.
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