17th Annual WRWA Water Industry Professionals (WIP) Golf Outing

Over 160 golfers participated in Wisconsin Rapids for another successful scholarship fundraiser.

Winning Foursome: Luke Menchl, Hank Menchl, Steve Werninger, John Reiss
Thank you to all of this year's sponsors!

WRWA Board of Directors goes on record opposing Wisconsin’s strict phosphorus discharge limits at annual conference in Green Bay.

Green Bay, WI - March 27, 2013: The Wisconsin Rural Water Association (WRWA) held its 25th Anniversary State Conference last week at the KI Convention Center in Green Bay. Almost 1,300 people from the public water supply industry gathered together for this annual spring technical conference. WRWA is the largest association of its kind in the state and represents 678 municipal and public water treatment suppliers and 173 water industry-related businesses. On the agenda was DNR's unfunded mandate of new, strict phosphorus discharge limits being imposed on community wastewater plants - plants that already remove 80-90% (or more) of the phosphorus received before discharging to receiving waters. WRWA continues to discuss with other point source industry leaders options for regulatory relief.

On the last day of the conference, the Association's 12-member Board of Directors voted unanimously to pass the following resolution;

Whereas, the State of Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is actively enforcing new, strict phosphorus discharge limits on communities with wastewater treatment systems.

And whereas, these standards, which according to DNR's own estimates could exceed $4 billion in treatment plant renovations, will result in undue economic hardship to communities and negligible improvement to the water resources of the State.

And whereas, the actions and costs of reducing the nutrient levels in Wisconsin's waterways should be the equal responsibility of all Wisconsin's residents, not just those with wastewater treatment systems.

Therefore, be it resolved by the Board of Directors of the Wisconsin Rural Water Association (WRWA) that the State of Wisconsin cease enforcement of strict numeric phosphorus limits on municipalities in the state, adopt phosphorus standards in line with those which the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving for other states across the nation, and develop statutes and regulations that prioritize phosphorus reduction resources towards those contributing the highest levels of phosphorus to the waters of the state.

WRWA MISSION - "To assist our membership and the public they serve, improve and preserve the quality and quantity of water resources in the State of Wisconsin."