DNR to study possible link between frac sand mines, contaminated groundwater


DNR to study possible link between frac sand mines, contaminated groundwater


The state Department of Natural Resources is planning to study whether heavy metals from ponds at Wisconsin frac sand mines are leaching into and contaminating groundwater.

The study comes three years after water samples from some frac sand mine ponds showed concentrations of metals many times higher than state groundwater standards recommend.

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