Drinking Water Archives

Why Help on Forever Chemicals is Taking… Forever

January 26, 2026

Why there is real hope that a bipartisan solution for state PFAS funding is at hand -- and the industry group that could kill it. …

Filling up a glass with drinking water from kitchen tap

New report: Nitrate Contamination Driving Health Crisis and Rising Costs in Wisconsin

October 2, 2025

Wisconsin faces a growing public health crisis from nitrate contamination in drinking water.…

Nitrate Contamination Map, source: Clean Wisconsin

The Cost of Nitrate Contamination in Wisconsin’s Drinking Water

September 18, 2025

Wisconsin faces a growing public health crisis caused by widespread nitrate contamination in our drinking water.…

Wisconsin Neonic Workgroup

July 8, 2025

Neonicotinoids, or neonics, are the most widely-used class of insecticides but are topic of growing concern due to their environmental impacts.…

Clean Wisconsin helps organize Wisconsin’s first PFAS Summit

July 8, 2025

In a first-of-its-kind event, a state-wide PFAS group hosted its inaugural PFAS Summit at Rib Mountain State Park in Wausau earlier this summer.…

Trump Administration moves to weaken standards for toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water

May 14, 2025

A little more than a year after announcing its first ever drinking water standards for toxic PFAS chemicals, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reversing course, announcing it intends to rescind regulations for four key types of toxic PFAS compounds.…