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Dunn County continues well-monitoring push; ad hoc groundwater recommendations advance
Summary
County staff reported recent and planned rounds of private-well nitrate testing, described partnerships with state agencies and the county health lab, and discussed the Groundwater Ad Hoc committee''s recommendations and the limited use of citation authority under local ordinances.
Dunn County staff reported continued private-well testing and follow-up planning Wednesday, saying the county aims to repeat a roughly 300-well monitoring effort this year and use repeat samples to analyze trends.
The update matters because county staff and the Groundwater Ad Hoc Committee are compiling the data needed to spot long-term changes in nitrate levels and to inform comprehensive planning, land-management decisions and homeowner outreach.
Land and Water staff said the county sampled about 300 private wells last summer and expects to target 300 again this year. "We collected 263," a staff member said, adding that the county partnered with the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) and that DATCP collected additional samples in areas considered more susceptible to contamination. Staff also said the county will now use its local health department lab to process nitrate samples rather than shipping bottles to a private lab…
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