After Waukesha, Will Other Communities Seek Great Lakes Water?

City spent nearly a decade pursuing diversion, which was eventually reduced by Great Lakes governors.

Waukesha Celebrates Completing Milwaukee Water Pipeline

$286 million project will provide safe water for suburban community, revenue for Milwaukee.

City Of Waukesha To Begin Diverting And Returning Lake Michigan Water Under DNR Diversion Approval

Waukesha Officials Tour Milwaukee Water Plant

Elected officials get up close tour of how their water will get from Lake Michigan to their taps.

Board Approves Waukesha Water Deal After Revisions

Board grants Waukesha access to one-acre of county land for $300 million drinking water project.

Supervisors Stall Waukesha Drinking Water Project

Waukesha needs access to one acre of county land. Committee votes to delay this.

Suit Opposes Waukesha-Milwaukee Water Plan

Tiny Village of Waukesha seeks to stop extension of pipe through village limits.

Waukesha, Milwaukee Celebrate Huge Water Project

$286 million, 36-mile-long project begun, will bring Milwaukee water to Waukesha.

Metro Groundwater Has Rising Radium Levels

Study finds high radium levels in southern Wisconsin’s well water, including Brookfield, Sussex, Waukesha.

DNR Issues Wastewater Discharge Permit for City of Waukesha Water Diversion Project

DNR Completes Final Environmental Impact Statement on the Proposed Waukesha Great Lakes Water Diversion

City of Waukesha proposed water diversion public hearing

Waukesha is applying for wetland and waterway permits to construct a water supply system to divert water from Lake Michigan and a return system.

Milwaukee and Waukesha Can Work Together

Water agreement is just the beginning. There are many other opportunities for collaboration.

Council Approves Waukesha Water Deal

Only one alderman objects to 40-year, $286 million deal.

Committee Okays Waukesha Water Deal

Key council committee approves largest collaborative deal in region's history.

City To Sell Water to Waukesha

After years of debate, Waukesha and Milwaukee strike a historic, 40-year deal.