WAUKESHA COUNTY

Photos: Waukesha checks Root River health

Josh Carlson student, left, and Laura Schulz, employed by UW-Parkside, join others as Parkside students collect water samples from Root River near South 60th and Oakwood Road in Franklin, Thursday, February 16, 2017. The University has been hired to sample water for The City of Waukesha's $207 million project to switch to Lake Michigan as a source of drinking water. Testing the Root River water samples helps to better understand the river's current water quality. The city will discharge its fully treated wastewater to the river when it switches to the lake as it's water source.
Josh Carlson student, left, and Laura Schulz, employed by UW-Parkside, join others as Parkside students collect water samples from Root River near South 60th and Oakwood Road in Franklin, Thursday, February 16, 2017. The University has been hired to sample water for The City of Waukesha's $207 million project to switch to Lake Michigan as a source of drinking water. Testing the Root River water samples helps to better understand the river's current water quality. The city will discharge its fully treated wastewater to the river when it switches to the lake as it's water source.
Rick Wood, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
John Skalbeck, geosciences professor, UW-Parkside, and Parkside students collect water samples from Root River near South 60th and Oakwood Road in Franklin, Thursday, February 16, 2017. The University has been hired to sample water for The City of Waukesha's $207 million project to switch to Lake Michigan as a source of drinking water. Testing the Root River water samples helps to better understand the river's current water quality. The city will discharge its fully treated wastewater to the river when it switches to the lake as it's water source.
John Skalbeck, geosciences professor, UW-Parkside, and Parkside students collect water samples from Root River near South 60th and Oakwood Road in Franklin, Thursday, February 16, 2017. The University has been hired to sample water for The City of Waukesha's $207 million project to switch to Lake Michigan as a source of drinking water. Testing the Root River water samples helps to better understand the river's current water quality. The city will discharge its fully treated wastewater to the river when it switches to the lake as it's water source.
Rick Wood, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Parkside students collect Root River water samples in Franklin on Feb.16, 2017. The University has been hired to sample water for the City of Waukesha.
Parkside students collect Root River water samples in Franklin on Feb.16, 2017. The University has been hired to sample water for the City of Waukesha.
Rick Wood, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
UW-Parkside students collect water samples from Root River near S. 60th and Oakwood Road in Franklin.
UW-Parkside students collect water samples from Root River near S. 60th and Oakwood Road in Franklin.
Rick Wood, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The Root River flows near S. 60th and Oakwood Road in Franklin and will be used to discharge Lake Michigan water diverted to Waukesha. The city will discharge its fully treated wastewater to the river when it switches to the lake as it's water source.
The Root River flows near S. 60th and Oakwood Road in Franklin and will be used to discharge Lake Michigan water diverted to Waukesha. The city will discharge its fully treated wastewater to the river when it switches to the lake as it's water source.
Rick Wood, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel