Meeting the Source Assessment Requirement Under the RTCR: A Wisconsin Pilot Project
The goal of this project was to develop a sampling and testing algorithm to support the new site assessment requirements under the Revised Total Coliform Rule (RTCR) consistent with the “find and fix” goals of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR).
Human Viruses as Tracers of Wastewater Pathways Into Deep Municipal Wells
Enteric viruses, because of their small size, have a high potential to move deeply through the subsurface environment, penetrate aquitards, and reach confined aquifers.
Information Support for Groundwater Management in the Wisconsin Central Sands, 2013-2015
This report documents data and information gathering efforts for 2013 through 2015 that support groundwater management activities in the Wisconsin central sands.
Comprehensive Planning in Wisconsin: Centralizing Access to Ground-water Information for Use in Comprehensive Planning
In order for communities to plan for the future, it is essential that both the quantity and quality of groundwater be protected. Wisconsin law requires that by January 1, 2010
Arsenic Contamination in Southeast Wisconsin: Sources of Arsenic and Mechanisms of Arsenic Release
Groundwater in about 10 percent of wells open to Quaternary glacial and shallow bedrock aquifers in southeastern Wisconsin has arsenic concentrations greater than the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s standard of 10 μg/l.
Mechanisms of Groundwater Flow Across the Maquoketa Formation
Groundwater use in southeastern Wisconsin has resulted in more than 400 feet of drawdown in the deep sandstone aquifer since pumping begin in the 1860’s.