Untreated groundwater from two of three Madison wells sampled for the study… turned up five different viruses, that one public health director says ***could*** cause serious illness.
There are differing opinions about how serious this is.
Madison’s Director of Public Health says we are all exposed to viruses and bacteria every day so there is no reason to be concerned. But the Board of Water commissioners questioned the director of public health from the Marshfield Clinic, who did the water study, he had a very different answer.