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DID YOU KNOW? • In Japanese, there are at least 20 ways to say "sorry." • In October 2014, Taylor Swift topped the iTunes Canada chart with eight seconds of static titled "Track 3." – Source: sotruefacts.com MARK BELLING Transportation cost overruns indefensible Page 8 Best response is to find out who screwed up and why MILWAUKEE BUCKS BREAK GROUND FOR NEW ARENA – PAGE 10 STEVE 'THE HOMER' TRUE Nobody can repeat what LeBron James did Page 11 Finals MVP went above and beyond in series, won city MILWAUKEE COUNTY'S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER JUNE 24, 2016 Local news at your fingertips Visit www.gmtoday.com By MATT MASTERSON Conley News Service CHICAGO — Six years after Waukesha submitted its first application and more than a decade after it began working to find a sustainable water source, the city's precedent-setting request to divert Great Lakes water has been unanimously approved by regional officials. All eight members of the Great Lakes Compact Council voted in favor of Waukesha's request to borrow water from the Great Lakes Basin — making it the first city located entirely outside the basin to be granted access to its water since the Great Lakes Compact was adopted in 2008. "I'm overjoyed and very, very happy," Waukesha Mayor Shawn Reilly said following Tuesday's vote, which was held on the cam- pus of the University of Illinois- Chicago. "I appreciate the (Great Lakes) Regional Body and the Compact Council for how serious they were in this entire proceeding. That they followed the compact, that they weren't having public opin- ion be the determining factor — they used science and law — and they reached their conclusion that way." Any dissenting vote from the council members — comprised of appointees from governors in each of the eight Great Lakes states — would have killed the application. Waukesha had initially sought to divert 10.1 million gallons of Great Lakes water per day. But that amount has been cut back repeatedly by the Regional Body — made up of officials from the eight Great Lakes states and Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec — which has support- ed the diversion of up to 8.2 MGD for the city's service area by 2050. Waukesha remains under a court-ordered deadline of June 2018 to implement a radium-com- pliant water source to replace its current contaminated groundwa- ter source. Now that the $207 million pro- posal has been approved, officials will begin the planning and devel- opment stage to construct a pipeline for obtaining Lake Michigan water via the Oak Creek Water Utility. Approximately 100 percent of the treated wastewater would then be discharged back into the Root River. Waukesha's Great Lakes water plan gets final approval See WATER on Page 18 Measure passes unanimously Vietnam Veteran - VFW Member Special Rates for Senior Citizens & Veterans NEW HOURS Monday–Friday 7:30am–4:30pm 250569056 Norv's BARBER SHOP 2688 S. 13th St. 384-3380 With Ad In Cudahy 5656 S. Packard • 414-897-7737 40pk Paper Placemats 25¢ Pizza or Cake Pans $1.00 Rawhide Dog Treats $1.00 1000 Cotton Swabs $1.00 Caramel Apple Suckers 3 for 25¢ 26pk Rice Cakes 50¢ Red & White Check Tablecover 50¢ Red-White-Blue Windspinners $1.00 Red-White-Blue Napkins 50¢ Seat Belt Shoulder Pad $1.50 Goo Gone $1.00 Eye Glass Repair Kit $1.00 1 g a l l o n G a s C a n w i t h l o c k i n g s p o u t 1 g a l l o n G a s C a n w i t h l o c k i n g s p o u t Rubber Spatula Rubber Spatula With Ad SPECIAL DEAL WEEK OF THE SPECIAL DEAL WEEK OF THE SPECIAL SPECIAL DEAL WEEK DEAL WEEK OF THE SPECIAL SPECIAL DEAL WEEK OF THE SPECIAL DEAL WEEK OF THE FREE FREE Hose Nozzle Hose Nozzle SALE ENDS 7-1-16 SALE ENDS 7-1-16 Hours: Tues-Fri 9-6pm Saturday 9-5pm $2.00 $2.00 25¢ 25¢