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Water Quality Task Force leaders react to SWIGG study report
Leaders highlight progress made, next steps for clean water legislation
Todd Novak
Todd Novak
MADISON — Recently, “Assessing Private Well Contamination in Grant, Iowa, and Lafayette Counties, Wisconsin: The Southwest Wisconsin Groundwater and Geology Study” (SWIGG Study) report was released. This is one of the largest and most comprehensive private well studies in the nation, and only the second study (following another recent study in Kewaunee County) to examine the relationship between microbial contamination of private wells and risk factors, such as land use. The report’s summary can be found here.