Wastewater
- Hearing/Meeting
Public hearing on a permanent rule WY-14-19 to create ch. NR 229 relating to regulation of wastewater discharges from dental offices to sanitary sewers
This is a public hearing on a permanent rule WY-14-19 to create ch. NR 229 relating to the regulation of wastewater discharges from dental offices to sanitary sewers.
- News
DNR Issues Waukesha Diversion Approval, Implementing Great Lakes Compact Council Decision
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced that it issued the state diversion approval to the City of Waukesha. This approval is the final step in the review process for the City of Waukesha’s application to divert Lake Michigan water for public water supply to the City of Waukesha, and return treated wastewater to Lake Michigan via the Root River.
- Hearing/Meeting
Roth Feeder Pig II - Public Hearing
Public Informational Hearing for the proposed WPDES permit issuance to Roth Feeder Pig II.
- Hearing/Meeting
Public information hearing regarding the proposed reissuance of the Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (WPDES) permit for the Village of Arlington WWTF
Arlington Wastewater Treatment Facility is located at 490A Curtis Street, Arlington, Wisconsin, with a discharge to a wetland complex north of Goose Lake, located in the Yahara River and Lake Mendota Watershed of the Lower Rock River Basin in…
- Hearing/Meeting
Public Informational Hearing regarding the proposed reissuance of the Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit for the City of Baraboo. WI-0020605-10-0
Summary of Proposed Changes include a variance to the water quality standard for Mercury and an addition of new Total Nitrogen Ammonia limits. Fecal coliform monitoring and limits have been replaced with Escherechia coli (E. coli) monitoring and…
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Plan Review of Municipal, Industrial and Pretreatment Wastewater Systems
Information on the content and format requirements of plans, specifications and engineering design reports are listed below for the plan review of municipal, industrial and pretreatment wastewater systems.
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Wastewater Plan Review
DNR has returned to requiring paper submittals for most wastewater plan reviews. Some documents no longer require paper copies. View the table of required documents to verify document submittal requirements for each project type. Note that an…
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Wisconsin Water Monitoring
The DNR monitors aquatic resources to assess ecosystem health, evaluate environmental problems and determine the success of management actions. The state's monitoring strategy (see below) directs data gathering to support management…
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Thermal water quality standards
Thermal pollution is the change in the water temperatures of lakes, rivers and other surface waters caused by man-made practices. These temperature changes may adversely affect fish and aquatic life in Wisconsin's surface waters by reducing the…
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Water Quality-Based Effluent Limitations (WQBELs)
Water quality-based effluent limitations are calculated in order to insure that discharges to waters of the state are in compliance with water quality standards. Water quality standards include water quality criteria (such as those in chs. NR 102 […