Water Czar Will Lead Efforts to Conserve; Agency Also Pushing to Minimize Burden On Industry in State

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Madison - The framework for a statewide push to conserve water was announced Monday with plans to hire an efficiency chief to coordinate water saving measures.

But in announcing the initiative, state Public Service Commission officials warned that any conservation methods must avoid driving heavy industrial water users to switch from municipal water systems to private wells or, worse, leave Wisconsin over the cost of regulation.

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Water Czar Will Lead Efforts to Conserve; Agency Also Pushing to Minimize Burden On Industry in State

Conservation efforts also must avoid harming utilities, such as those in Milwaukee and Racine, that are coping with the loss of industrial customers.

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