Local officials want to reassure residents about their drinking water, even amid questions about health risks and who will pay to clean up the contamination.
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As wells go deeper, radium levels rise in state tap water
As communities grow and pump more groundwater, radium from deep bedrock is contaminating dozens of water systems. The city of Waukesha wants to tap into Lake Michigan to solve its radium problem.