Surface Water
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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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Wisconsin's Water Quality Report to Congress
Every two years section 305(b) of the Clean Water Act requires states to publish an overall report on the quality of all surface waters across the state. This report, called the "Integrated Report of Water Quality," is submitted to the EPA on April…
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Surface Water Quality Restoration
Once an impairment in water has been identified, the next step is to identify the best method of restoration. There are many programs depending on the type of pollution. A large focus of restoration work has been Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL)…
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Surface Water Quality Assessment Process
Subscribe to receive updates about water quality standards and assessments. The Clean Water Act (CWA) requires states to assess the quality of its surface waters and report the results to the public.
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Surface Water Impairments and Pollutants
Impaired waters are identified by comparing monitoring results for a given water to water quality parameter thresholds, which provide guidelines for identifying water quality conditions. Impaired waters in Wisconsin are affected by a variety of…
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Featured water restorations
Since 2002, Wisconsin has delisted 147 individual streams, lakes and beaches, representing approximately 500 stream miles and 52,800 lake acres. Below are a few stories of the road to these waters' aquatic health recovery.