No one knows yet for sure how much water Foxconn's planned electronics manufacturing plant in Mount Pleasant will need for its daily operations, but just getting it there will be a big job.
Foxconn and local officials will have to transport massive amounts of water to the $10 billion LCD screen manufacturing plant and treat the facility's wastewater before it's returned into the environment. One analyst has estimated the plant will use as much as 15 million gallons a day — enough to serve a small city. The company intends to get its supply of water from Racine's public utility, which draws from Lake Michigan.
Observers have drawn parallels between Foxconn's water needs and that of the city of Waukesha, which plans to begin using about 8 million gallons of water per day from Lake Michigan to replace its radium-tainted groundwater supplies. Waukesha became the first city outside of the Great Lakes Basin to be allowed access to Great Lakes water in 2016. However, this approval was not an easy task to accomplish. The city spent years navigating the complex Great Lakes Compact to get permission, and isn't set to actually start using that water until 2023.
Foxconn will likely turn on the faucet much sooner. Since the tech giant plans to buy its water from Racine, a city that's already entitled to use Great Lakes water, it's largely up to the state to enforce the rules of the compact. The state legislature streamlined this processes in the incentives package it put together to initially entice Foxconn to Wisconsin.
WisContext associate editor Scott Gordon discussed Foxconn's water infrastructure needs and planning on the Oct. 26, 2017 edition of Wisconsin Public Radio's Central Time.
From Lake Michigan To Foxconn's LCD Screens was originally published on WisContext which produced the article in a partnership between Wisconsin Public Radio, Wisconsin Public Television and Cooperative Extension.
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Scott Krug Used Wisc Office Phone for Campaign Fundraiser
The worst enemy of clean water in Wisconsin is Gov. Scott Walker.
The second-worst is State Rep. Scott Krug (R-Rome), explaining why Walker held a fundraiser for Krug on Labor Day weekend.
From our friend, Mal Contends:
Wisconsin State Rep. Scott Krug (R-Nekoosa) listed his district's office phone for a campaign finance fundraiser Friday, Sept. 2, using taxpayer dollars.
Reads a press report publicizing the Scott Walker-attended reception for Krug.
Reception in Honor of Rep. Scott Krug with Gov. Scott Walker
9/2/2016
12 p.m.
Heartland Farms,
907 3rd Ave.,
Hancock.
12 p.m. - 1 p.m.
Suggested Contribution: $50
Host Levels:
Platinum: $1000
Gold: $500
Silver: $250
Please RSVP by calling (715) 459-2267
The (715) 459-2267 phone number is listed as the district phone number for Krug at the Wisconsin Assembly District 72 website.
Last year, in response to a Republican-attempted rewriting of Wisconsin's open record and open government laws, Krug said his commitment to open government is demonstrated by using his personal phone listed on the district 72 assembly site.
To read Krug, using his cell phone for fundraising, personal, and district business is a testament to open government.
Perhaps, Krug will share the phone records of 715 459-2267 as another testament to his commitment to transparency.
See dsitrict webpage image at below at bottom listing 715 459-2267:
Steve is a member of LION Publishers , the Wisconsin Newspaper Association, the Menomonie Area Chamber of Commerce, the Online News Association, and the Local Media Consortium, and is active in Health Dunn Right.
He has been a computer guy most of his life but has published a political blog, a discussion website, and now Eye On Dunn County.
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