LWV Article for The Bottom Line News and Views September 2019
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By Anne Chartier, President, League of Women Voters of Ashland and Bayfield Counties
An Open Letter to the City of Ashland
Recently a group of staff from the City of Ashland, Ashland County, and Northland College partnered with the League of Women Voters of Ashland and Bayfield Counties’ Natural Resources Committee to host a two-part series on stormwater and wastewater overflows in the city of Ashland. At the public presentations, 8 speakers offered information explaining the city’s inflow and infiltration problems, aging infrastructure, and impacts due to heavy rain events, all of which have contributed to overflows into Lake Superior…
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