Wisconsin’s groundwater is vitally important for health, recreation, wildlife, commerce, and more. Approximately 70 percent of our state’s residents rely on our groundwater for their primary water source. The remaining 30 percent draw from surface water sources like Lakes Superior, Michigan, and Winnebago.
Chuck Warzecha is Bureau Director for the Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Health in the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. He says that Wisconsin relies on our groundwater more than many other states do. Over all, he says, we’ve done a good job of protecting and managing that resource. But because we do rely so...
