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Water Resource Management Planning Guides


Addressing Your Community’s Flood Problems: A Guide for Elected Officials (1996). Association of State Floodplain Managers, Inc., and the Federal Interagency Floodplain Management Task Force. 3

DNR Groundwater Information Website — Educational information, publications, frequently asked questions, wellhead protection programs, well construction reports collection, enforcement of groundwater standards, regulation of solid and hazardous wastes and wastewater systems, and a list of certified water testing labs.

Determining Wellhead Protection Area Boundaries — An Introduction, DNR, PUBL WR312–92 (1993)

EPA Groundwater Publications and Information Website— Includes regulations, databases, source water protection, public drinking water programs, drinking water and health basics, drinking water standards program, underground injection control, and local drinking water.

Groundwater and Its Role in Comprehensive Planning– Comprehensive Planning and Groundwater Fact Sheet #1, by the Wisconsin Groundwater Council (2002)

Groundwater Protection Through Land-Use Controls, by Douglas Yanggen, et al., WGNHS Special Report 11 (1991)

Groundwater Quality Regulation: Existing Governmental Authority and Recommended Roles, by Douglas Yanggen, et al., WGNHS Special Report 12 (1989)

Residential Development and Groundwater Resources– Comprehensive Planning and Groundwater Fact Sheet #3, by the Wisconsin Groundwater Council (2002)

Resources to Help You Protect Your Drinking Water Supply – Comprehensive Planning and Groundwater Fact Sheet #2, by the Wisconsin Groundwater Council (2002)

State of the Basin Reports — Describes Wisconsin’s river basins, including ecological conditions, management needs and priorities


Status of Groundwater Quantity in Wisconsin - DNR

Understanding Lake Data, (G3582) by Bryon Shaw, Christine Mechenich, and Lowell Klessing

United States Geologic Survey Water Resource Division
— Data, publications, technical resources and programs related to water resources.

Wisconsin Water Law: A Guide to Water Rights and Regulations, (G3622) by Paul G. Kent and Tamara Dudiak, ( 2001)


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