High-Capacity Well Overhaul Dead This Session, Says GOP Sponsor

A key Republican lawmaker says a sweeping bill to regulate high-capacity wells in Wisconsin won't pass this year.

Nekoosa Republican Rep. Scott Krug represents Wisconsin's Central Sands region, where vegetable farmers rely heavily on high-capacity wells and some lakes and streams are drying up. For the past two sessions, he's tried to pass a bill that he says would increase regulatation for sensitive areas of the state when it comes to high-capacity wells, while reducing regulations elsewhere.

But with just a week to go before the Assembly adjourns for the year, Krug said his bill is dead.

"Another month, I think we could have solidified this compromise between industry and environmental groups, and I think we're still going to aim for that going into the next session," he said....