poor, poor richard...we all need the resource, we all want to use the resource, but no one wants to conserve or protect the resource from the oncelers....that's where people like me come in...our resource base is the FOUNDATION of our economy and not the other way around...without resources there is no economy and clean water is necessary for most all life on earth...it makes sense to protect something our species requires for existence...
http://www.nelsonearthday.net/video/vha5...

cutler-it was in an article in the online Gazette a few years back...

partarican1
...the city of Janesville has been working on reducing phosphorus in the waste water discharge by using sugar to remove excessive amounts of P in the water...

Where did you hear this from? This is completely false. Absolutely not true at all. The city will have to upgrade once again if phosphorus limits are reduced. Their plant can not handle low phosphorus limits, basically none can. There will be major construction on plants around the state if regulations are enhanced.

Everybody wants clean water but when you get it to clean level A they (the environmentalists) want it at A+, when that gets met then they want it at A++. It never ends. They are running this state. Wait until those union jobs at the paper mills and factories shut down. Only jobs left will be selling souvenirs to the Flatlanders who are up here polluting the lakes we can't touch.

someone has to protect the water resources from the polluters, and Clean Wisconsin is on the right track...rick-raff: swimmers itch is from snails and the host is waterfowl, mainly ducks...the city of Janesville has been working on reducing phosphorus in the waste water discharge by using sugar to remove excessive amounts of P in the water...keep up the good work!

Rick- You didn't hear about phosphorus,homeless and the environment when Doyle was in office? You must have just learned to read. If you think they support the left, you still need work on your comprehension.

riff raff, stay out of the lakes then, or you will get ill-er

Bingo Lovemycountry! Its amazing how there is always another side to the story that is missed by the AP and Gazette alike.

And if you review the original "published report" from the Wausau Daily Herald - you'll see all the information comes from the extremist liberal group with the benevolent sounding name Clean Wisconsin. This is the same group that is responsible, along with city administrators, for raising water rates in Janesville.

For what it's worth...I recall waterskiing on Lake Koshkkanong in the 70's and 80's. In late summer the algae bloom was almost intolerable. Conditions have improved, any comments?

What some do not realize is that if stricter phosphorus limits are enforced, many wastewater treatment plants, factories, and paper mills will all need upgrades on their wastewater equipment and tanks to meet the limits. Phosphorus in wastewater is a tricky situation, its not like you can just throw some pixie dust in a tank and boom its gone. You are talking big money, and guess where that money comes from if its a municipal treatment plant. Ding Ding Ding, thats right, you the taxpayer in your water/wastewater bills.

The "DNR" only goes after those who are easy to pick-on...But, then, the DNR isn't the only entity to do that, either.

Is the DNR not doing it's job? or are the stricter limits too hard to meet. What does this mean if these (wastewater treatment,paper mills and factories) don't get permits? Will they get shut down?