This website was created to provide professionals and homeowners a resource to all aspects of Wisconsin's ground water.
Wisconsin's ground water is an essential and vital natural resource that every person in the state needs to live.
Working together we can protect our most precious resource.
" When the well's dry, we know the worth of water." - Benjamin Franklin, (1706-1790)
News & Events
Rural Utilities Service announces funding availability for Household Water Well System Grant Program
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) announces the availability of $993,000 in grant funds to be competitively awarded for the Household Water Well System (HWWS) Grant Program for fiscal year 2012 (FY 2012). RUS will make grants to qualified private non-profit organizations to establish lending programs for homeowners to borrow up to $11,000 to construct or repair household water wells for an existing home.
The deadline for completed applications for a HWWS grant is June 4, 2012.
Prairie du Chien, WI - March 26, 2012 On Friday, March 23, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signs Senate Bill 150 into law, becoming 2011 Wisconsin Act 150. The new law requires the licensure of individuals constructing drill holes used in vertical geothermal heating-cooling systems. The law also requires the development of construction standards for drill holes used in the vertical geothermal heating-cooling systems.
ACT 150 Protects groundwater, supports industry
