PFAS

The state Department of Natural Resources policy board is set to vote later this month on permanent rules implementing a law that restricts the use of firefighting foam that contains PFAS chemicals.

Tests found one well with PFAS levels above what the Wisconsin DNR considers safe. Three other wells tested positive for low levels of PFAS.

The city announced in July that it had shut down four of its 16 wells after tests found PFAS levels exceeded the groundwater standard of 20 parts per trillion as recommended by state health officials.

Deer survey results led the DNR to bypass a statewide consumption advisory for PFAS.

Atmospheric PFAS is falling as rain even far away from industrial sites. Plus, a nonprofit has identified 42,000 places in the U.S. as possible PFAS sites.

U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin believes Rhinelander could benefit from billions of federal dollars being proposed to address PFAS contamination in water.She…

An environmental group says groundwater around at least six military installations in the Great Lakes region is contaminated with high levels of PFAS…

Last week, ground-penetrating radar sensors glided across the grass near Rhinelander wells 7 and 8, attached to a customized four-wheeled cart.UW-Madison…

The Wisconsin Departments of Natural Recourses and Health Services want water safety to be on people’s mind.There are three containments that pose a…