Consultants

Spreadsheet Tool for Estimating Pollutant Loads (STEPL) webinar

The DNR and EPA offered a hands-on technical training on the Spreadsheet Tool for Estimating Pollutant Loads (STEPL) on Aug. 5, 2014. A recording of the training session and the presentation materials are available.

Nonpoint source program contacts

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Erosion Vulnerability Assessment for Agricultural Lands (EVAAL)

Agricultural technical standards and assistance

Technical standards Conservation practices used to meet the agricultural performance standards and prohibitions must be designed and installed according to accepted technical standards. Examples of conservation practices that could be used include…

Agricultural performance standards and manure management prohibitions

Agricultural performance standards and manure management prohibitions are outlined in Ch. NR 151, Wis. Adm. Code [exit DNR]. This rule establishes performance standards for urban and transportation sources of polluted runoff as well.

Agricultural financial assistance

The DNR offers financial assistance in the form of grants for local efforts to control nonpoint source pollution. These grants support both the implementation of source-area controls to prevent runoff contamination and the installation of treatment…

Project Documents

On this page, you will find reports and documents associated with the Lower Fox River PCB Project. Other documents are available upon request.

Cleanup Operations

Sampling and studies on the Lower Fox River started in the early 1970s. These studies indicated that sediment contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) was deposited along the entire length of the river, but primarily in OU1, OU3, OU4 …

Project Background

The Lower Fox River runs 39 miles from Lake Winnebago to the bay of Green Bay in northeast Wisconsin. The Lower Fox River basin was home to the highest concentration of pulp and paper mills in the world. Production and recycling of "carbonless copy…

Reporting and Responding to Spills

Reporting is everyone’s responsibility.Individuals and entities that cause a spill are required by state law to notify the DNR immediately - as soon as the spill is identified. Reporting should not wait for laboratory analysis if the discharge can…