Sent by Sandy Gillum-A letter from Tami Jackson from the Wisconsin Association of Lakes. I posted the letter at quietnorth archives and linked to it above. Sandy Gillum calls the legislative action a "blatant disregard for public health". Here is a clip from the WAL press release:
"Let us be clear.
When people are getting sick from their own tapwater, that is not ok.
When manure runoff makes our lakes unswimmable because of e coli and fecal coliform bacteria, that is not ok.
When manure runoff makes our nationally renowned trout streams and lakes are unfishable because all the fish are dead, that is not ok.
When manure runoff changes clear lakes into algae basins, that is not ok.
When manure runoff creates nutrient rich waters invasives like Eurasian water milfoil prefer, that is not ok.
When our elected representatives take the paid lobbyist positions more seriously than the public health of their constituents, that is not ok.
We needed these rules before another spring pockmarked by manure runoff events, sick kids, and dead fish. The legislature has let all of us down."
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