Central Sands Water Action Coalition (CSWAC) is a grassroots, volunteer coalition of over 65 lake associations, lake districts, river groups and conservation groups that are concerned about the negative impacts to water resources in the six county Central Sands region of Wisconsin (Adams, Marquette, Portage, Waupaca, Waushara, and Wood Counties).
CSWAC has been working on these issues for years. Click here to read an OpEd piece from 2015 addressing both water quality and water quantity issues.
Click here for a list of CSWAC member groups.
What's New?
Groundwater Coordinating Council’s 2020 Report
The Groundwater Coordinating Council has released its 2020 report to the state legislature. Click here and here for links to more information on CSWAC’s Ground Water Quality and Quantity pages.
DNR Seeks Public Input on Water Quality Standards
The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is beginning a public input process to determine what issues it will work on over the next three years to protect water quality in lakes,
PFAS Regulations on Hold
Guidelines for the containment and disposal of the substances known as “forever chemicals” or PFAS are on hold after heavy corporate lobbying. Read more here from Up North News.
