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    DNR Awards $6.5 Million In Grants To Help Restore And Protect Wisconsin’s Surface Water

    The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resource (DNR)’s Surface Water Grant Program today announced it has awarded over $6.5 million in grant funding to nonprofit organizations, lake associations and municipalities throughout Wisconsin. Funding will be used to help restore and protect our state’s surface water resources in 2023 and beyond.

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    Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act

    The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources proudly celebrates the 50th anniversary of the federal Clean Water Act, a foundational act to protect our shared waters nationwide, signed into law on Oct. 18, 1972.

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    DNR Accepting Pre-Applications For 2023 Surface Water Grants

    The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will award more than $6 million to local groups to protect and improve surface water.

  • Hearing/Meeting

    Antidegradation Stakeholder Advisory Committee Meeting #4

    This is the last of four Advisory Committee meetings regarding revising rule language related to the state's antidegradation policy and procedures to maintain surface water quality.

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    Antidegradation Stakeholder Advisory Committee Meeting #3

    This is the third of four Advisory Committee meetings regarding revising rule language related to the state's antidegradation policy and procedures to maintain surface water quality.

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    Antidegradation Stakeholder Advisory Committee Meeting #2

    This is the second of our four Advisory Committee meetings regarding revising rule language related to the state's antidegradation policy and procedures to maintain surface water quality.

  • Hearing/Meeting

    Antidegradation Stakeholder Advisory Committee Meeting #1

    This is the first of four Advisory Committee meetings regarding revising rule language related to the state's antidegradation policy and procedures to maintain surface water quality.

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    Healthy Watersheds, High-Quality Waters

    Healthy Watersheds, High-Quality Waters provides a road map for how to strike an improved balance between restoration and protection, all while emphasizing and celebrating the wonderful waters of Wisconsin. The Healthy Watersheds, High-Quality…

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    DNR Surface Water Grant Deadline Approaching

    The final grant application deadline is approaching for eligible sponsors who submitted a pre-application to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resource's Surface Water Grant Program. Because the grant deadline falls on a Sunday this year, applicants will have until the end of Nov. 2 to submit their final application.

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    Sewer Service Area Planning

    Sewer Service Area Planning is a process designed to anticipate a community's future needs for wastewater treatment. This planning helps protect communities from adverse water quality impacts through development of cost-effective and environmentally…

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