"Residents Voice Doubts About Lake Michigan Water For Foxconn"

"STURTEVANT, Wis. — Dozens of concerned residents and activists asked a Wisconsin agency on Wednesday to reject an application from the city of Racine to draw 7 million gallons of water daily from Lake Michigan for a proposed Foxconn plant.

At a public hearing on the request in Sturtevant, many of those who testified said the proposal to take water for a corporation would violate the Great Lakes Compact requirement that such requests be for public uses. They also said that Foxconn has not provided enough detail about what toxic chemicals it might be pouring into the lake when it returns most of the water, and whether they are dangerous.

Some speakers also criticized Foxconn’s environmental record in China and Taiwan, and said they worry that it would exploit Wisconsin’s more pristine environment and then leave Lake Michigan polluted when the company’s flat-screen technology is outdated."

The Associated Press had the story March 8, 2018.