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Ron Seely, Taylor Chase & Madeleine Behr/Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism
Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
A recent legal decision is likely to significantly change how Wisconsin manages its groundwater and will especially affect the state’s sandy counties where powerful wells are irrigating potato fields, servicing giant dairies, and providing water critical for the state’s frac sand mining boom.
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