Ground Water
WGF analyses primarily about ground water quantity, high capacity wells, and water use. Also see the agriculture category for WGF work on nitrates in ground water. This work is developed by WGF’s Water Resources and Environmental Rules Work Group.
High Capacity Well Impacts on Wisconsin’s Lakes, Streams, and Wetlands
Revised June 3, 2020
Wells pump groundwater, which in Wisconsin is usually strongly connected to local lakes, streams, and wetlands. When groundwater is pumped, water levels in aquifers (the rock and soil that holds groundwater) drop, as do the levels of water in connected surface waters and the groundwater flows that support them. The effects of …
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