The following editorial appeared in the May 14 La Crosse Tribune:
“Clean air, clean water and healthy landscapes.”
That’s what Wisconsin should stand for.
In fact, those are the first words on the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources website — as we’ve pointed out in previous editorials expressing concern about the dangers of high-capacity wells and audits showing that the DNR has failed more than 90 percent of the time to enforce water-pollution limits.
Sadly, we need to keep expressing concerns about enforcement of clean water regulations, because the La Crosse Tribune’s report last week on elevated nitrate levels near a huge hog operation in La Crosse County was very troubling — and the DNR’s response to the potential groundwater problem is embarrassing.
Babcock Genetics has a permit to raise more than 4,000 hogs in the town of Holland near Holmen....
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