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Chapter NR 845 - County Administration Of Ch. NR 812, Private Well Cod
Section NR 845.01 - Purpose

Wis. Admin. Code Department of Natural Resources NR 845.01

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Section NR 845.01 - Purpose

The purpose of this chapter is to establish standards for county adoption and enforcement of an ordinance for private well location, well construction, well abandonment or pump installation and for department review of county delegation programs. The goal of the county delegation program is to protect Wisconsin's drinking water and groundwater resources by governing access to groundwater through regulating private well location, construction and abandonment and pump installation and well and drillhole abandonment.

Wis. Admin. Code Department of Natural Resources NR 845.01

Cr. Register, January, 1987, No. 373, eff. 2-1-87; am. Register, February, 1991, No. 422, eff. 3-1-91; renum. from NR 145.01, Register, August, 1995, No. 476, eff. 9-1-95.