Tag Archives: wells

BC Organics Bioenergy Digester Proposal In-Progress

The Public Service Commission has approved a $15 million grant for the construction of a bioenergy system in Brown County. The system will produce renewable natural gas from dairy-farm manure and other waste, reducing the need to spread raw manure and protecting supplies of groundwater and surface water in northeast Wisconsin, according to a news release. BC Organics’ bioenergy project ... Read More »

Wisconsin DNR Sued Over High-Capacity Well Approvals

Nine high-capacity wells have recently been approved in central Wisconsin. The wells are used for irrigation for agriculture in the area, but high capacity wells are controversial due to their high usage of water. High-capacity wells pump more than 100,000 gallons of groundwater every day. According to the Wisconsin Administrative Code, “a high capacity well system has one or more ... Read More »

Why is Stevens Point the City of Wonderful Water?

The City of Stevens Point has been called The City of Wonderful Water since the 1920’s but what factors led to the city receiving such a title? In 2010, Stevens Point was voted number one out of 22 municipalities across North America as the best tasting tap water by the American Water Works Association’s annual water taste test. Lindsey Laskowski, ... Read More »