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Now that $125 million

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state dollars are coming

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to the rescue

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for communities across Wisconsin

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poisoned by the

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"forever chemicals" PFAS

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the question is

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when will the money come

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and how much will go where?

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What was your reaction

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when you learned

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the funds would

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finally be released?

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It was a

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it was a relief

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to be honest.

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It's been

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two years

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or three years

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roughly, I think

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since those funds were

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originally talked about

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and to have

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the Senate and the governor

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finally come to an agreement

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and get that stuff

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signed off on

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and get it out

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is the first of many steps

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yet to come, I think.

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Yeah, because

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what do you know about

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how much Stella will receive?

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That's the great unknown.

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I talked to DNR yesterday

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as a matter of fact

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and we're going to

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they're still trying

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to figure out exactly

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who's going to control the money

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how it's going

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to be distributed.

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They're not even

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sure themselves, exactly

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whether it's going to be

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municipalities like Stella

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that end up getting

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some of the money

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or our residents

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I should say

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not necessarily municipality

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or it's going to be

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public water works

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that get the money.

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We've got Wausau

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and we've got Tomahawk

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and some in Rhinelander, even

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that have well issues

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for their towns.

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Whereas out here in Starks

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we're individual wells.

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So each homeowner

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is responsible for that.

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So it's very important

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hopefully that there will be

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some of that money

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that will go directly

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to those residents.