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February 2, 2023

High Capacity Well Owners Relieved

April 6, 2017

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High Capacity Well Owners Relieved

The Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation applauds the Wisconsin State Senate’s passage of a bill that provides certainty to farmers with existing high capacity wells on their farms. The bill specifically addresses replacement, reconstruction and transfer of ownership of existing high capacity well permits.

“It is important for farmers with high capacity wells to have financial and regulatory certainty,” WFBF President Jim Holte said. “They need to know they will be able to water their livestock and irrigate their crops as previously approved by the DNR.”

SB 76 authored by Senator Scott Fitzgerald (R – Juneau) and was approved by a 19-13 vote on Wednesday, April 5.

“It should be noted that no new water withdrawals are being approved under this bill; but rather, existing wells are either being repaired for continued use, replaced for continued use or being owned by a different person for the same use,” Holte said.

SB 76 clarifies state law by directing the DNR to restore certainty to previously issued high capacity well permits. SB 76 states that no additional approval is needed for an existing high capacity well to repair or maintain the well, to construct a replacement high capacity well of substantially the same depth within a 75-foot radius of the existing high capacity well, to reconstruct the existing high capacity well, or to transfer the approval of a high capacity well as part of the sale of land where the well is located. The bill would also require DNR to study the hydrology of specific waterbodies in Wisconsin’s Central Sands and report those findings to the Legislature.

The Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation is the state’s largest general farm organization, made up of 61 county Farm Bureaus and representing agriculturists and farms of every size, commodity and management style.

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