Report: Wisconsin still has wastewater permit backlog

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources still has a backlog of wastewater discharge permits to review more than a year after an audit found that it wasn`t following its own policies aimed at preventing water pollution, the agency reported.

Findings released Wednesday show the department has a 13.6 percent backlog for municipal and industrial permits and a 21.8 percent backlog for concentrated animal feeding operation permits, Wisconsin Public Radio reported...

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Ken Notes: Sine most municipalities are pretty good at doing their best to keep things in line why not focus on CAFO`s. Also if we required CAFO`s to digest and treat the effluent we would have far less to worry about. Finally this is a budget issue I suspect???