A new report from Madison’s Water Utility has revealed high levels of iron and manganese contamination in an east side well. Well 8, which forms the foundation of the Olbrich Park sledding hill, only runs during the warmer months of the year. It’s used as a relief well during the dry season, when the city’s […]
Water Utility Board Approves New Strategies to Manage Madison’s Wate...
2021 has been a dry year for Madison. The city has seen about half as much precipitation as it did at this point in 2020, putting us well behind the levels necessary to meet the yearly average. On May 25th, Madison’s Water Utility Board unanimously accepted a new set of strategies aimed at decreasing strain […]
Madison water utility recommends measures to address PFAS contaminatio...
Yesterday, the city of Madison released a tentative plan to mitigate PFAS contamination at one of its wells. Well 15 has been shut down since March 2019, after community members raised concerns over PFAS contamination at the site. The well, located in northeast Madison, is about a mile away from the Truax Air Field — […]
