Finally — Waukesha Common Council Approves Water Deal

Water customers in Waukesha should be drinking Lake Michigan water by sometime early in 2023.  That city’s common council has given its unanimous approval to a 286-million-dollar agreement to buy water from Milwaukee.  Waukesha has been working on the project for 15 years.  Supporters say the water agreement with Milwaukee will save residents an estimated 200 dollars-a-year, compared to the option of piping water from Oak Creek’s distribution system.  Waukesha will pay Milwaukee about three-million dollars to deliver an average of six-million gallons of lake water each day.  Construction on the delivery system should begin by 2019.