by Jon Drewsen | May 6, 2019 | groundwater, high-capacity wells, legal action
You may have heard about some developments in our legal cases in the news last week. In case you haven’t, here’s what happened: On Tuesday, April 30, the DNR Secretary decided he would not reinstate a permit to allow out-of-state frac sand company Meteor Timber...
by Jon Drewsen | Jan 16, 2019 | groundwater, high-capacity wells, legal action
Clean Wisconsin stressed the implications for Wisconsin’s water in two legal cases against the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) that were certified to the State Supreme Court on Wednesday. “The Wisconsin Supreme Court now has the future of our water management in...
by Jon Drewsen | Oct 11, 2017 | clean wisconsin news, high-capacity wells, legal action
In a critical ruling for Wisconsin’s waters, Dane County Circuit Court ordered the DNR to vacate, or invalidate, seven high-capacity well permits and remand one for consideration. Clean Wisconsin sued the DNR in October of 2016, after the agency issued a series of...
by John Adams | Jun 10, 2016 | groundwater, high-capacity wells
Most of state’s water will now be unprotected from high-use wells MADISON – After a May Attorney General opinion that sought to strip DNR’s ability to meaningfully review high-capacity wells in what has been a very high-profile environmental issue, the DNR quietly...
