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May 06, 2019 Clean Water: Is It Achievable In Wisconsin?
We all know water is fundamental to our lives, and to all livings things. But do you ever stop and think about the water you have access to, and if it is actually clean? It depends on your perspective, says John Luczaj, head of UW-Green Bay’s geosciences program. » See More Project Milwaukee: Great Lakes, Troubled Waters Stories “If you’re a fisheries person, you might think of surface water quality. If you live in a house where lead levels are elevated, you probably think of drinking water. I’m a geologist so I usually think of ground water quality,” Luczaj says. No matter how you look at it, he says multiple factors influence water quality. Around the state soils vary — from sandy to clay. The depth of those soils differs, and so does the bedrock below. Luczaj says all of those variables affect how the ability to filter contaminants. Another variable is how far down groundwater is and where it flows. READ: Emerging Threats To Wisconsin's Water Then factor in how humans live and work
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May 06, 2019 Tony Evers Chats About Wisconsin's 'Year Of Clean Drinking Water'
Across Wisconsin, tens of thousands of people don’t trust the water that comes out of their tap — due to lead, agricultural runoff or industrial pollution. To address water quality, there’s $70 million in Gov. Tony Evers’ budget and he's declared 2019 "the year of clean drinking water." However, some in the Republican state Legislature say too much of that money would go to Milwaukee to remove lead water lines, neglecting other areas of the state. » See More Project Milwaukee: Great Lakes, Troubled Waters Reports Evers shares some insight on Wisconsin's year of clean drinking water: Water quality concerns go beyond lead pipes in Milwaukee The year of clean drinking water isn't just about lead pipes in Milwaukee . When areas grow, and even some suburban Milwaukee areas, there are problems with farm runoff and urban runoff. “We're putting significant resources in to make sure that not only we have ways of fixing lead service lines, but also make sure that we focus our efforts on
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May 03, 2019 Good Well Hunting: Bay View Watering Hole Last Of Its Kind
Editor's note : This post was originally published Feb. 17, 2017. For this week’s Bubbler Talk , we visit the Pryor Avenue Iron Well in Bay View. Listener Lisa asked: What can you tell me about the Bay View Spring on Pryor Avenue? Why and how did it start? It's still running; do people still drink from it? Built in 1882, the Pryor Avenue Iron Well is the only one that remains in the entire city of Milwaukee. In Bay View alone, there used to be six wells throughout the neighborhood for residents
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May 03, 2019 Project Milwaukee: The Overall Health Of Our Water
With our proximity to Lake Michigan and world-class water research, why don't we have clean water? WUWM is diving into the topic of clean water, or the lack there of, in southeastern Wisconsin for our Project Milwaukee Series: Great Lakes, Troubled Waters . From the health of our drinking water, emerging threats to our waterways, the impact unclean water has on our communities and possible solutions — WUWM reporters and Lake Effect producers will work together to examine the many issues surrounding clean water. » Emerging Threats To Our Water » Solutions To Our Water Challenges Gov. Tony Evers has declared 2019 " the year of clean drinking water " across Wisconsin. From issues with well water to lead service lines across the state, billions of dollars would be needed to address the many infrastructure challenges facing water utilities in Wisconsin. READ: Safe Drinking Water Is Top Priority Of Evers' State Budget “Unfortunately, thanks to a wide variety of reasons from a wide variety of
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February 18, 2019 The History And Impact Of Wisconsin's Only School Integration Program
Sincere Tatum, 18, is one of a handful of black students at Brookfield Central High School. The school is 70 percent white, 4 percent black. “It took a while for me to adjust,” Tatum said. “Most of the time I’m the only African-American kid in my class.” But Tatum tends to look for the upside in challenging situations. “Like OK, there’s a cultural difference, but now I have the opportunity to educate my classmates if needed,” he says. Tatum lives in Milwaukee. He goes to school in Brookfield
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December 27, 2018 'The Color of Law' Investigates The Government's Role In Segregating America
Editor's note : This piece was originally published on April 25, 2018. While Milwaukee is often cited as the most segregated metropolitan area in the U.S., it’s hardly unusual. In most American cities, people of different races live in different neighborhoods and there’s a general pattern: neighborhoods near the center of a city are home to African-Americans and people of color, while the surrounding suburbs are majority white. But why? " The reality is that residential segregation in every
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October 19, 2017 'Justice for All': Lloyd Barbee’s Broad Pursuit of Human Rights
The late Lloyd Barbee is perhaps best known as the lawyer and state legislator who fought to desegregate Milwaukee’s public schools. A new book lays out just how broad Barbee’s fight for justice was. Beyond education, Barbee pushed for open housing, women’s rights, and decolonization. He would often sign his letters with the quote - “Justice For All.” And that’s the title of the new book, Justice for All: Selected Writings of Lloyd A. Barbee. The book is edited by his daughter -- another civil
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August 15, 2017 The 'Cosmopolitan Canopy': Where a City's Cultures Converge
Milwaukee has become known for its segregation , the racial, ethnic and class dividing lines that keep people from living and interacting with each other. But what about spaces of integration? Do they exist and, if so, what can we learn from them? A few years back, Yale sociology professor Elijah Anderson spent time observing and interviewing people in Philadelphia's center city, a place that includes historical landmarks, cultural centers, park spaces and markets. He calls these areas of
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August 08, 2017 Reggie Jackson on Milwaukee Segregation & America's Black Holocaust Museum
Milwaukee is known as the most segregated city in America. But often, that designation raises more questions than it answers. Growing up in Milwaukee, Reggie Jackson saw the signs of segregation all around him, even when he didn't recognize them. Going to public schools in the city, Jackson says he didn't have class with any white students until he started commuting to high school, a subject-specific school on the south side of town. The school was part of a city-wide initiative to desegregate
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May 26, 2017 'The South Side' Explores How Segregation and Racial Inequity Transformed Chicago
While Milwaukee may be considered the United States’ most segregated city, our neighbors just south of us aren’t too much better. Chicago is consistently ranked as one of the most segregated cities in the U.S., and much like Milwaukee, its history is rooted in government sanctioned racism. For decades, racially restrictive covenants forced black Chicagoans to live in a designated area of the city known as the Black Belt. The use of these covenants was struck down by the Supreme Court in the late
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