Water Regulation

Water Regulation is a WSN Priority Issue for 2004-2005. The WSN supports enacting legislation that sets standards for water withdrawals, promotes efficient water use, and improves the integrity of the Wisconsin’s water supply.

Groundwater is the dominant source stoking the state’s many lakes and rivers and it is the water source for 97% of Wisconsin’s municipalities. Some larger communities (such as Milwaukee, Green Bay and Superior) pump their water from the Great Lakes, but three of four homes across the state still rely on groundwater for their needs.

Once viewed as a vast, limitless resource, thirsty municipalities, industrial and agricultural operations are guzzling groundwater at levels that, in many places, exceed the natural recharge rate. 

Read news about Water Regulation in WSNetwork News

Derek Scheer of Clean Wisconsin is the Issue Chair for Water Regulation.
You can email Derek at dscheer@cleanwisconsin.org

Go to the old Water Regulation and Groundwater Issues Archive.