WI AB797

Department of Natural Resources must create a grant program with $2.5 million annually from the environmental fund for private well testing and education

Grants up to $10,000 available to counties, cities, villages, and towns for testing and mapping private wells to assess groundwater quality, contamination, and correlations between water quality, geology, and well construction

Grants up to $10,000 available to county health departments and county land and water conservation departments for well testing education and outreach

Grant recipients must share testing results with DNR and UW-Stevens Point Center for Watershed Science and Education, excluding personally identifiable information

Cities, villages, and towns with private wells must inform residents about the importance of regular well testing