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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		The Story Behind the Rhinelander Area Spring Water
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:05:46
	Publish Date:		2019-06-28 05:00:00
	Description:		JULY 23, 2019 IMPORTANT UPDATE: According to a press release today, the Oneida County Health Department is unsure whether the Crescent Spring is currently safe to drink. The DNR is in the process of testing it and many other local wells for PFAS, which was recently found as contamination in a well near the Rhinelander-Oneida County Airport. More information can be found in a report here from WXPR's Ken Krall. Today we’re answering a Curious North question about a specific source of drinking water near Rhinelander. Mackenzie Martin continues our We Live Up Here series with the story. Recently we got a Curious North question from someone on the hunt for local spring water. Jim Rosenberg in Rhinelander asked: What’s with the spring water in Rhinelander I’ve heard about? I met someone in Wausau who mentioned he’s been coming to Rhinelander since he was a kid to fill jugs of this special water. When this question came in, I had never heard of this spring, but I quickly found out that a lot
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