Publications and Reports
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TMDL Fact Sheets
What is a TMDL? A Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) is the maximum amount of a pollutant that a body of water can receive while still meeting water quality standards. A waterway that exceeds water quality standards is often no longer suitable for its…
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Groundwater Coordinating Council And Agency-Funded Research Highlights
Projects funded by the Groundwater Coordinating Council (GCC), state agencies and the UW have provided valuable information regarding Wisconsin's groundwater resources, helped evaluate existing programs, increased the knowledge of the movement of…
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Report archives
The Groundwater Coordinating Council prepares an annual report each year that summarizes the operations and activities of the council, describes the state of the groundwater resource and its management and makes recommendations. The report is due…
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Recommendations
The GCC identifies its recommendations for future groundwater protection and management. These recommendations include top priorities of immediate concern and ongoing efforts that require continued support.
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Groundwater quantity
Groundwater is abundant in Wisconsin and available in sufficient amounts throughout most of the state. Groundwater provides adequate water supplies for most municipal, industrial, agricultural and domestic uses. However, groundwater pumping can…
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Groundwater quality
Groundwater pollution from human activities and natural sources happens across Wisconsin. This is of particular concern for the 70% of Wisconsinites who get their drinking water from groundwater. Other groups concerned about groundwater quality…
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Nitrate in groundwater
What does groundwater quality in Wisconsin look like? Beginning in 2014, the department has required nitrate sampling on new wells and when pump work is done on existing wells. The map below is from the 80,162 samples collected over the first four…
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Groundwater Management Programs
State agencies and the University of Wisconsin System address numerous issues related to groundwater protection and management. Here are highlights and detailed discussions of the groundwater management activities of each agency, the UWS, the GCC…
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Report to the Legislature
The Groundwater Coordinating Council prepares an annual report each year that summarizes the operations and activities of the council, describes the state of the groundwater resource and its management and makes recommendations. The report is due…
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Forest Tax Reports
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