Finding and fixing leaks in the delivery system has been a high priority since 2007 when the De Pere Water Utility began buying water instead of pumping it from its own wells.
De Pere, a city of 25,000 near Green Bay, Wisconsin, is a member of the Central Brown County Water Authority, along with six other municipalities. The authority buys water from Manitowoc Public Utilities, which draws its water from Lake Michigan about 40 miles away. De Pere still maintains and regularly tests four wells, but they are now the emergency backup system.“Since our water is purchased at a substantial cost,
