battle for carlin lake – Aquarius-Systems https://aquarius-systems.com Surface Water Management Equipment Wed, 02 Sep 2026 16:48:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://aquarius-systems.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/cropped-favicon-32x32.png battle for carlin lake – Aquarius-Systems https://aquarius-systems.com 32 32 How a Voluntary Lake Association Saved Carlin Lake https://aquarius-systems.com/how-a-voluntary-lake-association-saved-carlin-lake/ Wed, 27 Oct 2021 16:02:26 +0000 https://aquariussystems.wordpress.com/?p=899 Lake associations are voluntary organizations with members who own land on or near a lake with the purpose to maintain, protect, and improve the quality of a lake, its fisheries, and its watershed.  Wisconsin has about 400 lake associations in existence and the power of the associations have over lake management is impressive.  The Carlin Lake Association took on a local giant and saved their beloved lake.

Carlin Lake in Presque Isle, Wisconsin

Photo borrowed from Carlin Lake Association webpage; Mary Watkins

In March of 2015 three investors proposed building a bottling plant and planned to pump 12,000 gallons a day from the aquifer next to Carlin Lake. Carlin Lake is a 153-acre 36 foot deep, body of water near Presque Isle, in the north woods of Wisconsin; a mere 10 miles from the Wisconsin/Michigan border.

Over a stretch of seven years, the lake association and other residents of this small community were fighting against a politically connected entrepreneur. Not only was the body of water, its watershed and a groundwater aquifer at stake, but so was the lifestyle of people who called this slice of God’s country their home.

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