Property/Site Owners

Beach Monitoring and Assessments

Every year thousands of people safely enjoy swimming in Wisconsin waters. The DNR and local health officials monitor water at public beaches on a regular basis to protect public health.Research has linked swimming in polluted waters with adverse…

Maps of Great Lakes Beaches

Wisconsin's Beach List

In anticipation of the beach season each year, the DNR's beach program reaches out to local beach managers and public health departments along Wisconsin's Great Lakes coasts to determine what changes, if any, are needed to Wisconsin's beach list and…

Historic and current waste disposal sites

Historic and current waste disposal site information may be important to individuals considering land purchases, governments planning redevelopment, businesses planning expansion and well drillers planning well installation.List of current licensed…

Solid waste tip fees and landfill tonnage reports

Landfill rule revisions effective Oct. 1The DNR has revised administrative code that regulates municipal solid waste and industrial landfills. The changes took effect Oct. 1, 2025.

Development on landfills

The DNR's Remediation and Redevelopment and Waste and Materials Management programs have jointly developed a process and guidance for development on landfills. The process and guidance discuss two general categories of landfills: historic fill sites…

Wisconsin Plant Recovery Initiative (WPRI)

WPRI is a DNR effort to help businesses and communities expedite the cleanup and reuse of industrial and/orcommercial facilities that have or are planning to shut their doors. Besides the loss of jobs, tax revenue and localbusiness, a plant closing…

Wisconsin Brownfields Coalition

The Wisconsin Brownfields Coalition was created in 2003 in order to obtain federal funding from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for brownfields cleanup. Current members include the DNR and Wisconsin's nine regional planning commissions.…

Wisconsin Assessment Monies (WAM)

The Wisconsin Assessment Monies (WAM) program provides funding to address specific brownfields sites where potential or known contamination is acting as an impediment to economic redevelopment. The DNR's Remediation and Redevelopment (RR) Program…

Voluntary cleanup and the Voluntary Party Liability Exemption (VPLE)

Certain individuals, businesses or units of government that conduct an environmental investigation and cleanup of a contaminated property, while following specific state requirements with the oversight of the DNR, can receive an exemption from…