Efforts to improve water quality throughout the Wisconsin River Basin will take another step forward by accepting public comments on a draft Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) plan later this month, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announced today. The agency will host an informational webinar for the public later this month and a series of informational meetings in March to outline its efforts to reduce phosphorus loads in waters throughout the basin.
“Communities, industries and agricultural producers have already made strides toward reducing pollutants flowing into the Wisconsin River system and the draft plan provides credit for these efforts, but there is still much work to be done to achieve water quality standards and reduce algae blooms and the other negative impacts associated with excess phosphorus loadings,” said Sharon Gayan, director of the DNR water quality bureau.
The DNR will conduct the webinar on Wednesday, February 21, at 1 p.m. to provide the public with an overview of the TMDL analysis and explain how to access the report and allocations. The link for the webinar is http://dnrmedia.wi.gov/main/Play/0447a3cbc4d543508e1b5314b58760281d. The webinar will also be recorded and made available on the DNR website, dnr.wi.gov.
