Gov. Tony Evers has signed the first initiative in De Pere State Senator André Jacque’s Clean Water Agenda that will protect our groundwater by extending funding to repair failing septic systems.
Senate Bill 84 extends the Wisconsin Fund, a grant program that provides financial assistance to eligible owners of a principal residence and small commercial establishments by covering a portion of the cost of repairing or replacing failing private on-site wastewater treatment systems (POWTS).
The program is designed to reimburse, on average, 60% of the cost of replacement or remediation, and has been used extensively throughout our state.
The measure also provides additional program support for processing the existing backlog of applications. Sen Jacque said issues surrounding the program were frequently discussed last session throughout meetings of the legislative Clean Water Task Force, of which he was a member.
