Federal Agencies Worked With UW-Oshkosh To Investigate Private Well Contamination
People in Kewaunee County are getting sick by drinking water from private wells. That`s a preliminary conclusion from the leader of a study on the region`s groundwater.
A U.S. Department of Agriculture microbiologist presented preliminary findings of a two-year groundwater study on Wednesday night in Kewaunee County.
In Kewaunee County, 4,896 households depend on private wells.
Mark Borchardt, a microbiologist with the USDA, and a
team from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, randomly monitored 621
wells. They found about 380 county residents are at risk of contracting a
stomach parasite every day....
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