Wisconsin DNR Looking Into New Water Quality Rules
Saturday, January 25th, 2020 -- 1:16 PM
(AP) -The state Department of Natural Resources board has authorized the agency to start drafting new water quality standards for a range of pollutants.The DNR wants to create groundwater standards for 16 currently unregulated substances and create limits on chemicals known as PFAS in drinking and surface water. PFAS are man-made chemicals found in a host of products, including firefighting foam. The changes would mark the first revisions to Wisconsin's water quality regulations in a decade.
The DNR anticipates spending several years on the rules, which could cost municipal and private water systems millions of dollars.
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