More than $159M allocated to 29 municipalities for safe drinking water
MADISON, Wis. (WEAU) - Governor Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources are announcing more than $159 ...
Manitowoc and Oshkosh secure over $20M to replace lead water lines
Two municipalities in Northeast Wisconsin are getting federal funding to replace lead service lines.More than $159 million ...
WUWM
New report explores how nitrate runoff contaminates Wisconsin's water supply
Nitrates seep into rural communities' water supply, incurring high costs and health risks. A new report by the Alliance for the Great Lakes explores. Wisconsin’s drinking water is facing a growing ...
WSAW
More than $282 million designated to improve drinking water in Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - Governor Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announced Tuesday that over $282 million has been allocated to 74 Wisconsin municipalities to improve ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
New legislation requires state to notify counties, tribes of water contamination
New legislation in Wisconsin would require the state to notify local governments of groundwater contamination. The bill aims to inform private well owners about contaminants like PFAS and nitrate ...
WUWM
After years of drinking bottled water, small Wisconsin town creates its own PFAS solution
Recently, engineers ran a 24-hour test to make sure Campbell's new municipal well provides plenty of PFAS-free water. The forever chemicals known as PFAS have become all too familiar to people across ...
PBS
Report Cards for Wisconsin’s Drinking Water Utilities
Manny Teodoro, professor in the University of Wisconsin-Madison La Follette School of Public Affairs, talks about the La Follette School’s Wisconsin Waterworks Excellence Project report cards for 572 ...
Recycling Today
Lead pipe replacement is focus of EPA funding
The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces where $3 billion in lead pipe drinking water replacement will be directed. EPA says the funding is intended to accelerate progress in ...
Channel 3000
An alternative approach to farming offers hope for Wisconsin's land and water
Cates Family Farm near Spring Green, a 19th-century red barn and a herd of cows mark the spot where three generations of the same family have worked the land for 58 years. These characteristics — old ...
La Crosse Tribune
Concerns about tainted Wisconsin drinking water drive week's most-read story
Hundreds of thousands of Wisconsin residents are at risk of consuming drinking water tainted with lead, nitrate, disease-causing bacteria and viruses, according to a report by the Wisconsin Center for ...
Food & Water Watch
How Congressional Republicans’ Spending Bill Threatens Our Water
Trump and Republican lawmakers are working to slash funding that keeps our drinking water safe. And they’re turning to a new, sneaky backdoor tactic to do it. Trump and Republican lawmakers are ...