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PFAS News and Reports

The DNR is committed to keeping citizens and other stakeholders informed about PFAS in Wisconsin. Below are reports, news releases and important information from the DNR.

Reports

PFAS in Wisconsin: January - June 2024

News

2024
Date Type of Information Title and Link
April 19 News release DNR Responds To EPA’s Designation Of PFOA And PFOS As Hazardous Substances
April 10 News release DNR, DHS Respond to EPA's Announcement of Maximum Contaminant Levels for PFAS in Drinking Water
Feb. 6 News release DNR, DHS Issue Updated Safe Fish Consumption Guidelines
2023
Date Type of Information Title and Link
Dec. 19 Announcement REINS Act Requires DNR To Stop Rulemaking For PFAS In Groundwater
Dec. 18 Announcement New PFAS and Manganese Grant Program For Small Public Water Systems to Open in January 2024
Nov. 3 News release Results of Statewide PFAS Sampling in Private Wells Now Available
Aug. 15 News release Response to PFAS Contamination Ongoing With Town of Stella and Multiple State Agencies
July 31 Announcement Funding Available to Help Communities Address PFAS Contamination in Wastewater
May 4 Announcement Safe Drinking Water Loan Program State Fiscal Year 2024 Draft Intended Use Plan Open for Comment
May 4 News release New PFAS Fish Consumption Advisory for Green Bay and Associated Tributaries
May 2 News release New Toolkit Available to Help Local Leaders Address PFAS Contamination in Drinking Water
March 14 Announcement U.S. EPA Releases Draft Maximum Contaminant Levels for PFAS Compounds in Drinking Water
Jan. 19 News release Multiple State Agencies Responding to PFAS Contamination in Town of Stella
Jan. 18 News release New PFAS Fish Consumption Advisory Issued for Lake Wausau and Stevens Point Flowage
Jan. 18 News release Fish Consumption Advisory Updated for Parts of Yahara Chain in Dane County
2022
Date Type of Information Title and Link
Oct. 18 News release New Interactive PFAS Data Tool Available
Oct. 17 News release Collection of PFAS-Containing Firefighting Foam Waste Begins
Oct. 11 News release New PFAS Fish Consumption Advisories Issued for Castle Rock Lake and Lake Mohawksin
Aug. 17 News release Wisconsin PFAS Action Council Releases PFAS Action Plan Progress Report
Aug. 1 News release New PFAS Administrative Rules Now In Effect
July 18 Announcement Wisconsin DNR Now Accepting Bids for PFAS-Containing Firefighting Foam Collection and Disposal Program
June 15 Announcement U.S. EPA Releases New Health Advisory Level for PFAS
June 8 News release New PFAS Fish Consumption Advisory Issued For Angelo Pond 
April 12 News release DNR Seeking Public Input on PFAS Contamination in Marinette, Peshtigo and Surrounding Communities
March 3 News release New PFAS Fish Consumption Advisory Issued For Black Earth Creek
Jan. 18 News release New PFAS Fish Consumption Advisory Issued For Bay Of Green Bay And Associated Tributaries
2021
Date Type of Information Title and Link
Sept. 7 News release Deer Liver PFAS Surveillance Results Now Available
June 9 News release New PFAS Fish Consumption Advisories For Yahara Chain of Lakes and Waterways to the Rock River: Elevated Levels of PFAS Found

Yahara Chain of Lakes Fish Consumption Advisory Data
April 16 News release PFAS In Wisconsin Webinar 2 p.m. April 19
April 15 News release New Fish Consumption Advisory For Silver Creek: Elevated Levels Of PFAS Found In Brook And Brown Trout
March 25 News release Multiple State Agencies Responding To PFAS Contamination On French Island: Interim Area-wide Drinking Water Advisory Issued For PFAS
March 5 News release DNR Continues PFAS Drinking Water Well Sampling in Town of Peshtigo
March 1 Announcement As of March 1, 2021, the DNR no longer expects regulated entities, unless otherwise directed by DNR, to sample for or laboratories to report three of the 36 PFAS compounds on the default PFAS list. Read more.
Jan. 21 News release DNR Releases Latest Sampling Results Revealing Broader PFAS Presence In Madison Area Lakes And Yahara River Chain
Jan. 15 News release New Smelt Consumption Advisory for Lake Superior: Elevated Levels of PFAS Found in Rainbow Smelt
2020
Date Type of Information Title and Link
Dec. 30 News release DNR Issues Wastewater Discharge Permit for JCI/Tyco Facility in Marinette
Dec. 16 News release Wisconsin PFAS Action Council Releases PFAS Action Plan
Dec. 16 Media briefing
Oct. 23 Announcement The Remediation and Redevelopment Program added new faces to and centralized all oversight and project management of remediation cases associated with the area-wide PFAS contamination in Marinette, Peshtigo and surrounding communities. Read more.
Sept. 30 News release DNR to Fund Sampling of Hundreds of Potable Wells for PFAS in the Town of Peshtigo
Sept. 15 News release DNR and DHS Issue Do Not Eat Advisory for Deer Liver in Five-Mile Area Surrounding JCI/Tyco Site in Marinette
Sept. 15 Info packet PFAS Deer Tissue Sampling Results and Do Not Eat Advisory for Liver of White-tailed Deer in the Marinette and Peshtigo Area (includes map and data)
Sept. 15 Flyers

What To Know About PFAS Found In Deer Liver In The Marinette and Peshtigo Area: Residents are advised not to eat liver from deer harvested in the five-mile area surrounding the JCI/Tyco site
May 7 Info packet PFAS Sampling Results in the Milwaukee Estuary Area of Concern (AOC) (includes maps and lab report)
Jan. 15 Info packet DNR Sampling Shows Elevated Levels of PFAS Contamination in Fish and Surface Water in Starkweather Creek and Lake Monona
(includes map, water sampling data and fish tissue sampling data)
2019
Date Type of Information Title and Link
Dec. 19 Info packet PFAS Sampling Results of Starkweather Creek Due to Foam Sightings
(includes map and lab report)
Nov. 22 Document Preliminary comments on scope statements
Nov. 19 Document Letter from DNR to City of Rhinelander
Oct. 30 Document DNR received results for foam and water samples collected in Marinette and Peshtigo area
July 22 Documents Letter from DNR to Municipal Wastewater Facilities
April 10 Document Letter from DNR to DHS: Request for State Groundwater Quality Standard Recommendations under ch. 160, Stats. [PDF] (Cycle 11)
April 10 Document Letter from DNR to City of Madison and Madison Water Utility: Pilot Project to Review Land Uses Near Madison Wells 15 and 16 [PDF]
2018
Date Type of Information Title and Link
March 2 Document Letter from DNR to DHS: Request for Recommendations for State Groundwater Quality Standards [PDF] (Cycle 10)