Wisconsin DNR Sued Over High-Capacity Well Approvals

Nine high-capacity wells have recently been approved in central Wisconsin. The wells are used for irrigation for agriculture in the area, but high capacity wells are controversial due to their high usage of water.

High-capacity wells are wells that pump more than 100,000 gallons of groundwater every day.

According to the Wisconsin Administrative Code, “a high capacity well system has one or more wells, drill holes or mine shafts on a property that have a combined approved pump capacity of 70 or more gallons per minute.”..