Drinking water hasn’t been a huge issue in the race for governor, but it’s everything for people in Kewaunee County.
Federal, state and local leaders have been working with researchers to address contamination.
Progress is being made to protect drinking water, and candidates have shared their thoughts on what should be done to address water contamination.
Balza pays $30 a month for six water coolers and buys 24-packs of bottled water because she doesn’t trust her well water is safe to drink.
Walker’s DNR formed a work group to address water contamination several years ago.
The research led to new state standards for manure spreading in eastern Wisconsin that were approved by Walker.
Farmers don’t want wells contaminated because it could be their own well.
“Farmers in general do not want groundwater contamination.” Don Niles co-owns Dairy Dreams, a 2,950-cow dairy farm, and he works with the farmer-led nonprofit Peninsula Pride Farms.
The problem, Muldoon said, is that spreading restrictions and soil depth don’t provide the most protection for groundwater.
Kewaunee County conservationist Davina Bonness supports the new state standards and is working to implement recommendations from the DNR’s work group.