Why Your Office Water Tastes Different Every Season (in Madison, It's Not the Reason You Read About)2026-04-09
The summer-algae, winter-chemistry story is real for Racine and Milwaukee, which drink Lake Michigan. Madison drinks 50°F well water that never sees a lake. What changes here by season is which well you're on, how much chlorine survives the trip, and how much road salt has reached the aquifer. Sourced from the utility's own documents.