Environmental Groups Working To Cut Off Foxconn Water Supply

Foxconn wants to draw 7 million gallons of water from Lake Michigan a day. A coalition of environmental groups says it violates state law.

WISCONSIN — A coalition of environmental groups has banded together in order to stop a massive Lake Michigan water diversion plan that would fuel the Foxconn Technology Group`s $10 billion electronics plant, which is in its early stages of development in Racine County.

The coalition`s chief concerns are that the 7 million gallons-per-day water diversion plan goes against a 2008 Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact - a legally-binding interstate compact among the eight Great Lakes states that establishes a framework for joint management and protection of the Great Lakes...

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Ken Notes: While David won in the bible, I see Goliath winning here, I would like to think we could work with Foxconn to create a model system regarding water use, conservation, treatment and release. and I suggest I have a better chance of taming the giant the others do of slaying it. Also, to be honest, I will not feel good in ten years in saying, "Well I tried"...