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Tools and Training for Predicting Beach Conditions

Use the links on this page to access publications and references related to our work with beach pathogen indicators and water quality models, including a list of useful articles and documents dealing with statistical modeling of E. coli and other…

Predicting Beach Conditions

Public health officials use beach advisories and closings to let the public know when the level of pathogens (disease-causing microorganisms) in the water may be unsafe for swimming, water-skiing or other similar water recreation. These advisories…

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 will take 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/or commercial facilities that have or are planning to shut their doors. Besides the loss of jobs, tax revenue and local business, a plant…

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.…