Listen to the Interview<\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Professor Melissa Scanlan was interviewed by WTMJ 620AM news about Waukesha drawing water from Lake Michigan. Scanlan discusses the value of water and the Great Lakes Compact. Melissa Scanlan is the Director of the 51ÁÔÆæ Center for Water Policy and …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33310,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"categories":[248,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-the-news","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
School of Freshwater Sciences<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/waukesha-water-diversion-interview-with-scanlan-on-wtmj\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Waukesha Water Diversion Interview with Scanlan on WTMJ\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Professor Melissa Scanlan was interviewed by WTMJ 620AM news about Waukesha drawing water from Lake Michigan. Scanlan discusses the value of water and the Great Lakes Compact. Melissa Scanlan is the Director of the 51ÁÔÆæ Center for Water Policy and …\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/waukesha-water-diversion-interview-with-scanlan-on-wtmj\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"School of Freshwater Sciences\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-10-13T17:57:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-04T16:44:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adrianna L Cruz\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Adrianna L Cruz\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/freshwater\\\/waukesha-water-diversion-interview-with-scanlan-on-wtmj\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/freshwater\\\/waukesha-water-diversion-interview-with-scanlan-on-wtmj\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Adrianna L Cruz\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/freshwater\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a883438cbe62850d9f8b2611947b7c83\"},\"headline\":\"Waukesha Water Diversion Interview with Scanlan on WTMJ\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-13T17:57:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-04T16:44:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/freshwater\\\/waukesha-water-diversion-interview-with-scanlan-on-wtmj\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":60,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/freshwater\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"In The News\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/freshwater\\\/waukesha-water-diversion-interview-with-scanlan-on-wtmj\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/freshwater\\\/waukesha-water-diversion-interview-with-scanlan-on-wtmj\\\/\",\"name\":\"Waukesha Water Diversion Interview with Scanlan on WTMJ - School of Freshwater Sciences\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/freshwater\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-13T17:57:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-04T16:44:03+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/freshwater\\\/waukesha-water-diversion-interview-with-scanlan-on-wtmj\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/freshwater\\\/waukesha-water-diversion-interview-with-scanlan-on-wtmj\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/freshwater\\\/waukesha-water-diversion-interview-with-scanlan-on-wtmj\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/freshwater\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Waukesha Water Diversion Interview with Scanlan on WTMJ\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/freshwater\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/freshwater\\\/\",\"name\":\"School of Freshwater Sciences\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/freshwater\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/freshwater\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/freshwater\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/freshwater\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/freshwater\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/freshwater\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/595\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/uwm-seo-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/freshwater\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/595\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/uwm-seo-logo.jpg\",\"width\":225,\"height\":224,\"caption\":\"University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/freshwater\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/freshwater\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a883438cbe62850d9f8b2611947b7c83\",\"name\":\"Adrianna L Cruz\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0deb3ef1f6d8c15567aadeb599e49bbcf06be02a826a06576aa595574a2a0660?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0deb3ef1f6d8c15567aadeb599e49bbcf06be02a826a06576aa595574a2a0660?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0deb3ef1f6d8c15567aadeb599e49bbcf06be02a826a06576aa595574a2a0660?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Adrianna L Cruz\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"School of Freshwater Sciences","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/waukesha-water-diversion-interview-with-scanlan-on-wtmj\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Waukesha Water Diversion Interview with Scanlan on WTMJ","og_description":"Professor Melissa Scanlan was interviewed by WTMJ 620AM news about Waukesha drawing water from Lake Michigan. Scanlan discusses the value of water and the Great Lakes Compact. Melissa Scanlan is the Director of the 51ÁÔÆæ Center for Water Policy and …","og_url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/waukesha-water-diversion-interview-with-scanlan-on-wtmj\/","og_site_name":"School of Freshwater Sciences","article_published_time":"2023-10-13T17:57:57+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-03-04T16:44:03+00:00","author":"Adrianna L Cruz","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Adrianna L Cruz"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/waukesha-water-diversion-interview-with-scanlan-on-wtmj\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/waukesha-water-diversion-interview-with-scanlan-on-wtmj\/"},"author":{"name":"Adrianna L Cruz","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/#\/schema\/person\/a883438cbe62850d9f8b2611947b7c83"},"headline":"Waukesha Water Diversion Interview with Scanlan on WTMJ","datePublished":"2023-10-13T17:57:57+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-04T16:44:03+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/waukesha-water-diversion-interview-with-scanlan-on-wtmj\/"},"wordCount":60,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/#organization"},"articleSection":["In The News","News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/waukesha-water-diversion-interview-with-scanlan-on-wtmj\/","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/waukesha-water-diversion-interview-with-scanlan-on-wtmj\/","name":"Waukesha Water Diversion Interview with Scanlan on WTMJ - School of Freshwater Sciences","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-10-13T17:57:57+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-04T16:44:03+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/waukesha-water-diversion-interview-with-scanlan-on-wtmj\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/waukesha-water-diversion-interview-with-scanlan-on-wtmj\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/waukesha-water-diversion-interview-with-scanlan-on-wtmj\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Waukesha Water Diversion Interview with Scanlan on WTMJ"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/#website","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/","name":"School of Freshwater Sciences","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/#organization","name":"University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/595\/2020\/11\/uwm-seo-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/595\/2020\/11\/uwm-seo-logo.jpg","width":225,"height":224,"caption":"University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/#\/schema\/person\/a883438cbe62850d9f8b2611947b7c83","name":"Adrianna L Cruz","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0deb3ef1f6d8c15567aadeb599e49bbcf06be02a826a06576aa595574a2a0660?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0deb3ef1f6d8c15567aadeb599e49bbcf06be02a826a06576aa595574a2a0660?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0deb3ef1f6d8c15567aadeb599e49bbcf06be02a826a06576aa595574a2a0660?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Adrianna L Cruz"}}]}},"meta_fields":{"_edit_lock":["1772642644:38966"],"_edit_last":["38966"],"feat_img_video":[""],"feat_img_gallery":[""],"feat_img_caption":["feat-img-caption-on"],"breadcrumbs_display":["breadcrumbs-on"],"otp_nav_display":["otp-on-mobile"],"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":["36"],"_yoast_wpseo_estimated-reading-time-minutes":[""],"_yoast_wpseo_wordproof_timestamp":[""],"_uwm_wg_content_review_log":["a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:11:\"reviewer_id\";i:0;s:6:\"status\";s:5:\"reset\";s:10:\"entry_date\";s:19:\"2026-03-01 02:12:17\";s:16:\"priority_content\";s:0:\"\";s:4:\"note\";s:43:\"Content review reset at start of new cycle.\";}}"],"_yoast_indexnow_last_ping":["1772642643"],"uwm_wg_additional_authors":["a:0:{}"]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33310"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7458"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7459,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7458\/revisions\/7459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}