In Wisconsin, 70% of residents and 97% of communities rely on
groundwater as their drinking water source. Protecting
groundwater from contamination and overuse is vital to the
health of Wisconsin’s people, ecosystems, communities, Many
Wisconsin communities are facing groundwater stress in various
forms and can benefit or have benefitted from groundwater
planning. - Private well testing and drinking water education
programs in Iowa County led to greater awareness, installation
of household water filters, greater use of the county's well
abandonment program and participation in a comprehensive
groundwater study to guide local land use planning. - Chemical
contamination of a municipal well in the of Waupaca by a dry
cleaning business led to reduced pumping capacity and the city
council and local businesses adopted multiple water conservation
measures. To facilitate the economic revival of its rural
communities by providing incentives for young farmers to engage
in high-margin organic farming businesses, Woodbur