PFAS_Content Page_News and Reports

PFAS News and Reports

The DNR is committed to keeping citizens and other stakeholders informed about PFAS in Wisconsin. Below are reports, news releases and important information from the DNR.

Reports

News

2024

DateType of InformationTitle and Link
April 19News releaseDNR Responds To EPA’s Designation Of PFOA And PFOS As Hazardous Substances
April 10News releaseDNR, DHS Respond to EPA's Announcement of Maximum Contaminant Levels for PFAS in Drinking Water
Feb. 6News releaseDNR, DHS Issue Updated Safe Fish Consumption Guidelines

2023

DateType of InformationTitle and Link
Dec. 19AnnouncementREINS Act Requires DNR To Stop Rulemaking For PFAS In Groundwater
Dec. 18AnnouncementNew PFAS and Manganese Grant Program For Small Public Water Systems to Open in January 2024
Nov. 3News releaseResults of Statewide PFAS Sampling in Private Wells Now Available
Aug. 15News releaseResponse to PFAS Contamination Ongoing With Town of Stella and Multiple State Agencies
July 31AnnouncementFunding Available to Help Communities Address PFAS Contamination in Wastewater
May 4AnnouncementSafe Drinking Water Loan Program State Fiscal Year 2024 Draft Intended Use Plan Open for Comment
May 4News releaseNew PFAS Fish Consumption Advisory for Green Bay and Associated Tributaries
May 2News releaseNew Toolkit Available to Help Local Leaders Address PFAS Contamination in Drinking Water
March 14AnnouncementU.S. EPA Releases Draft Maximum Contaminant Levels for PFAS Compounds in Drinking Water
Jan. 19News releaseMultiple State Agencies Responding to PFAS Contamination in Town of Stella
Jan. 18News releaseNew PFAS Fish Consumption Advisory Issued for Lake Wausau and Stevens Point Flowage
Jan. 18News releaseFish Consumption Advisory Updated for Parts of Yahara Chain in Dane County

2022

DateType of InformationTitle and Link
Oct. 18News releaseNew Interactive PFAS Data Tool Available
Oct. 17News releaseCollection of PFAS-Containing Firefighting Foam Waste Begins
Oct. 11News releaseNew PFAS Fish Consumption Advisories Issued for Castle Rock Lake and Lake Mohawksin
Aug. 17News releaseWisconsin PFAS Action Council Releases PFAS Action Plan Progress Report
Aug. 1News releaseNew PFAS Administrative Rules Now In Effect
July 18AnnouncementWisconsin DNR Now Accepting Bids for PFAS-Containing Firefighting Foam Collection and Disposal Program
June 15AnnouncementU.S. EPA Releases New Health Advisory Level for PFAS
June 8News releaseNew PFAS Fish Consumption Advisory Issued For Angelo Pond 
April 12News releaseDNR Seeking Public Input on PFAS Contamination in Marinette, Peshtigo and Surrounding Communities
March 3News releaseNew PFAS Fish Consumption Advisory Issued For Black Earth Creek
Jan. 18News releaseNew PFAS Fish Consumption Advisory Issued For Bay Of Green Bay And Associated Tributaries

2021

DateType of InformationTitle and Link
Sept. 7News releaseDeer Liver PFAS Surveillance Results Now Available
June 9News releaseNew PFAS Fish Consumption Advisories For Yahara Chain of Lakes and Waterways to the Rock River: Elevated Levels of PFAS Found

Yahara Chain of Lakes Fish Consumption Advisory Data
April 16News releasePFAS In Wisconsin Webinar 2 p.m. April 19
April 15News releaseNew Fish Consumption Advisory For Silver Creek: Elevated Levels Of PFAS Found In Brook And Brown Trout
March 25News releaseMultiple State Agencies Responding To PFAS Contamination On French Island: Interim Area-wide Drinking Water Advisory Issued For PFAS
March 5News releaseDNR Continues PFAS Drinking Water Well Sampling in Town of Peshtigo
March 1AnnouncementAs of March 1, 2021, the DNR no longer expects regulated entities, unless otherwise directed by DNR, to sample for or laboratories to report three of the 36 PFAS compounds on the default PFAS list. Read more.
Jan. 21News releaseDNR Releases Latest Sampling Results Revealing Broader PFAS Presence In Madison Area Lakes And Yahara River Chain
Jan. 15News releaseNew Smelt Consumption Advisory for Lake Superior: Elevated Levels of PFAS Found in Rainbow Smelt

2020

DateType of InformationTitle and Link
Dec. 30News releaseDNR Issues Wastewater Discharge Permit for JCI/Tyco Facility in Marinette
Dec. 16News releaseWisconsin PFAS Action Council Releases PFAS Action Plan
Dec. 16Media briefing
Oct. 23AnnouncementThe Remediation and Redevelopment Program added new faces to and centralized all oversight and project management of remediation cases associated with the area-wide PFAS contamination in Marinette, Peshtigo and surrounding communities. Read more.
Sept. 30News releaseDNR to Fund Sampling of Hundreds of Potable Wells for PFAS in the Town of Peshtigo
Sept. 15News releaseDNR and DHS Issue Do Not Eat Advisory for Deer Liver in Five-Mile Area Surrounding JCI/Tyco Site in Marinette
Sept. 15Info packetPFAS Deer Tissue Sampling Results and Do Not Eat Advisory for Liver of White-tailed Deer in the Marinette and Peshtigo Area (includes map and data)
Sept. 15Flyers

What To Know About PFAS Found In Deer Liver In The Marinette and Peshtigo Area: Residents are advised not to eat liver from deer harvested in the five-mile area surrounding the JCI/Tyco site

May 7Info packetPFAS Sampling Results in the Milwaukee Estuary Area of Concern (AOC) (includes maps and lab report)
Jan. 15Info packetDNR Sampling Shows Elevated Levels of PFAS Contamination in Fish and Surface Water in Starkweather Creek and Lake Monona
(includes map, water sampling data and fish tissue sampling data)

2019

DateType of InformationTitle and Link
Dec. 19Info packetPFAS Sampling Results of Starkweather Creek Due to Foam Sightings
(includes map and lab report)
Nov. 22DocumentPreliminary comments on scope statements
Nov. 19DocumentLetter from DNR to City of Rhinelander
Oct. 30DocumentDNR received results for foam and water samples collected in Marinette and Peshtigo area
July 22Documents

Letter from DNR to Municipal Wastewater Facilities

April 10DocumentLetter from DNR to DHS: Request for State Groundwater Quality Standard Recommendations under ch. 160, Stats. [PDF] (Cycle 11)
April 10DocumentLetter from DNR to City of Madison and Madison Water Utility: Pilot Project to Review Land Uses Near Madison Wells 15 and 16 [PDF]

2018

DateType of InformationTitle and Link
March 2DocumentLetter from DNR to DHS: Request for Recommendations for State Groundwater Quality Standards [PDF] (Cycle 10)