Venture Dairy Cooperative and Wisconsin Dairy Alliance: Well testing study demonstrates majority of contamination in SW WI from human waste

May 23, 2022 – A years-long study looking at well water in Southwestern Wisconsin was finally finished this week and researchers have found the majority of contamination in those wells comes from human waste, not from cows.

The Southwest Wisconsin Groundwater and Geology (“SWIGG”) study tested 816 wells in Southwestern Wisconsin during 2018 and 2019. Of those 816 wells, researchers found 32% had ...

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