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This week, the Department of Natural Resources announced that the update to the nitrate contamination in groundwater rules (NR 151) would not be moving forward. This is bad news for Wisconsin’s water and strikes a serious blow to years of study, advocacy, and work to improve our... Read More
On Wednesday, November 10, the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Tourism held a hearing on SB 677 and SB 678, bills that propose some solutions to the problem of nitrate contamination in Wisconsin families' drinking water wells.SB 677 and SB 678 have strong support from lobby groups... Read More
On Thursday, October 21, municipal water utilities, businesses, and environmental organizations observe “Imagine A Day Without Water” to highlight the value of clean water to families, communities, and our economy. River Alliance imagines a Wisconsin that isn’t facing our own... Read More
Nitrate pollution in drinking water—caused primarily by agricultural fertilizer and manure leaching into ground water—costs Wisconsinites between $23 million and $80 million every year in medical expenses. With at least 10 percent of private wells testing above safety limits for... Read More
For more than 40 years you and I have been protected by a part of Wisconsin’s laws called the Spills Law. The Spills Law requires people and businesses to report a release into the environment of anything that could be hazardous to people, plants or animals. It gives the Department of... Read More
