City considers water sales restrictions MILWAUKEE, WI (wuwm) - The Milwaukee Common Council will discuss today whether the city should consider pumping Lake Michigan water to communities outside the Great Lakes basin. One in particular, New Berlin, desperately needs clean water because its wells have unacceptable levels of radium. If a water sale does eventually occur, some Milwaukee aldermen want to include stipulations, such as New Berlin will have to help city residents access its job parks. © Copyright 2009, wuwm