Can new crop of Great Lakes politicians turn the tide on drinking water quality?

Has a realization that Flint’s drinking water problems are not confined to Flint finally registered with politicians in the Great Lakes region?  Or are they worried that a 2014 Toledo-style water crisis fueled by agriculture pollution could happen again?

A new crop of politicians in the region is emerging, putting a spotlight on long-entrenched drinking water quality issues.

For example:

• In Wisconsin, new Gov. Tony Evers said in his State of the State speech that “7 million Wisconsinites depend on private wells for water, and 47 percent of these wells do not meet acceptable health standards.” Evers declared 2019 the “Year of Drinking Water Quality” in Wisconsin....