Article: Lake-water talks authorized; Brookfield council votes to negotiate with Milwaukee to tap Lake Michigan

Article: Lake water quest dries up <> Elm Grove instead will look at tapping into Brookfield groundwater
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  August 20, 2008 ;     510 words ......private wells. Elm Grove originally tried to get lake water through Wauwatosa...agreed to join Elm Grove in studying a possible purchase of lake water. But Brookfield...switching to lake water would be more expensive. Elm Grove's timetable ...

Article: Elm Grove gathering costs for lake water; Brookfield might join in effort to build mains for buying from Tosa utility
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  October 27, 2006 ;     431 words ......months to buy lake water from Wauwatosa...Brookfield operation of Elm Grove's water utility...effective for Elm Grove to hire a private...that scenario, Elm Grove would buy lake water wholesale from...water utility. Elm Grove would have ...

Article: Elm Grove gathering costs for lake water: Brookfield might join in effort to build mains for buying from Tosa utility.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI);  October 27, 2006 ;     454 words ......months to buy lake water from Wauwatosa...Brookfield operation of Elm Grove's water utility...effective for Elm Grove to hire a private...that scenario, Elm Grove would buy lake water wholesale from...water utility. Elm Grove would have ...

Article: AREAS COULD TAP LAKE WATER IN EARLY 2001 | HOMER TWP., BOLINGBROOK: COST OF WATER WILL RISE BUT OFFICIALS SAY IT'S WORTH IT
Herald-News (Joliet, IL);  July 11, 2000 ;     371 words ......Commerce Commission approved Addison-based Citizens Lake Water Co.'s plan to sell lake water to Homer Township and Bolingbrook. Both communities...well water from Citizens. When they receive lake water, residents will pay significantly more than...

Article: Water talks expanding; Brookfield joins Elm Grove in discussions of linking to Milwaukee's system
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  December 5, 2007 ;     700+ words ......consider purchasing lake water from the Racine...from Milwaukee. Elm Grove officials forwarded...in expanding an Elm Grove system to also serve...short-term need for lake water and has past studies...groundwater wells than tap lake water, Brookfield ...

Article: Trustees ponder lake water switch
Naperville Sun, The (IL);  September 5, 2001 ;     395 words ......significant amount of money by switching to lake water, customers would probably see their water...Allen Persons, director of public works. Lake water has no radium or iron and is considerably...operation and capacity of the company's lake water transmission system. Citizens ...

Article: 23 Du Page suburbs tap in to lake water
Chicago Sun-Times;  January 19, 1992 ;     530 words ......389 million pipeline system and buy treated lake water from Chicago. Without lake water, local wells eventually would run dry. During the next three months, municipalities will mix lake water with well water. By May 1, all municipalities...

Article: Lake water to start flowing Tuesday in Plainfield
Sun, The: Plainfield (IL);  April 16, 2004 ;     440 words ......about 25 percent of the village's water will be lake water. The amount of lake water in the supply will gradually increase until it...said. "Generally, people like the taste of the lake water better than the well water." The 12,000-foot...

Article: Lake water will start flowing Friday
Herald News, The (Joliet, IL);  October 25, 2001 ;     480 words ......the switches at 4 p.m. Friday for the lake water to flow into the village water system...Smith said residents may not get pure lake water for about a month, with some well water...The long-awaited switch from well to lake water won't mean a sudden jump in water rates...

Article: Village moves toward lake water
Sun, The: Plainfield (IL);  August 22, 2003 ;     551 words ......discussion on a contract to purchase lake water, which officials hope can begin flowing...its water problems without pumping in lake water. "Call me diehard, but I still am not...up a purchase agreement with American Lake Water Co. The company and staff presented the...

Article: Park, library move to get lake water.(Neighbor)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  July 13, 2001 ;     257 words ......never-ending saga of well water versus lake water continues at the Prospect Heights...nearing the end of negotiations to buy lake water from Mount Prospect, and hope to have the pipes in place and lake water running through their systems by the...

Article: County leans to lake water to resolve radium problem
News Sun, The (Waukegan, IL);  July 9, 2003 ;     338 words ...Switching well water users to lake water is emerging as the favored action to...Libertyville Estates subdivisions to lake water, according to Lake County Superintendent...the village of Green Oaks or bring in lake water from the county's Knollwood Water System...

Article: Lake water 'a viable option'Thirsty towns will bring case to DNR
News Sun, The (Waukegan, IL);  November 1, 2007 ;     345 words ......forward to the next phase - justifying the lake water allocation request to the Illinois Department...estimated $178 million project would pipe lake water from a plant in Zion to Old Mill Creek...That will involve the development of lake water allocation requests from each ...

Article: LAKE WATER BENEFITS MAY TRICKLE ACROSS TOWN LINES
Sun Publications (IL);  November 23, 2000 ;     309 words ......residents. Previously voter-approved lake water in New Lenox is destined to arrive in...Frankfort. Frankfort residents turned down lake water in a recent referendum. Now, the addition of Mokena to the pipeline may make lake water cheaper in New Lenox, although that decision...