Next week, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will start accepting applications for a new grant program to help Other-than-Municipal Community and nonprofit Non-Transient, Non-Community public water systems address PFAS and manganese contamination. These systems are not owned by a government or municipality and serve groups of 25 or more year-round residents such as in mobile home parks or apartment buildings, or serve at least 25 of the same people over six months of the year such as in a school or daycare center.
Wisconsin is now completing initial PFAS testing required by state law so the emerging contaminant grants are timely to provide financial assistance to some of the state’s smallest public water systems. Traditionally, these small or disadvantaged public water systems have not been eligible for funding.
Wisconsin is covering the $4M effort through its Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding, with applications due by July 31 or until funds are exhausted, whichever comes first.
