SB76-SSA1,16,94 (c) The department shall design the groundwater management plan to protect
5surface water and groundwater, to ensure that the groundwater management area
6will no longer qualify for designation as a groundwater management area by the
7target date established under sub. (2) (f), and to achieve the sustainable hydrologic
8conditions established under sub. (2) (f), and shall include all of the following in the
9groundwater management plan:
SB76-SSA1,16,1010 1. Measurable goals.
SB76-SSA1,16,1311 2. Requirements for the county or counties to report to the department,
12including requirements to report progress toward achieving the sustainable
13hydrologic conditions established under sub. (2) (f).
SB76-SSA1,16,1414 3. Opportunities for public participation in the implementation of the plan.
SB76-SSA1,16,1515 4. Water conservation measures.
SB76-SSA1,16,1716 5. Any other provision that the department determines is necessary to meet the
17sustainable hydrologic conditions established under sub. (2) (f).
SB76-SSA1,22 18Section 22 . 281.344 (4s) (dm) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB76-SSA1,16,2519 281.344 (4s) (dm) Requiring individual permit. The department may require
20a person who is making or proposes to make a withdrawal that averages 100,000
21gallons per day or more in any 30-day period, but that does not equal at least
221,000,000 gallons per day for any 30 consecutive days, to obtain an individual permit
23under sub. (5) if the withdrawal is located in a groundwater protection area, as
24defined in s. 281.34 (1) (am), or a groundwater management area designated under
25s. 281.34 (9) or 281.341 (2).
SB76-SSA1,23
1Section 23 . 281.344 (4s) (dm) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin
2Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
SB76-SSA1,17,93 281.344 (4s) (dm) Requiring individual permit. The department may require
4a person who is making or proposes to make a withdrawal that averages 100,000
5gallons per day or more in any 30-day period, but that does not equal at least
61,000,000 gallons per day for any 30 consecutive days, to obtain an individual permit
7under sub. (5) if the withdrawal is located in a groundwater protection area, as
8defined in s. 281.34 (1) (am), or a groundwater management area designated under
9s. 281.34 (9) or 281.341 (2).
SB76-SSA1,24 10Section 24. 281.346 (4s) (dm) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB76-SSA1,17,1711 281.346 (4s) (dm) Requiring individual permit. The department may require
12a person who is making or proposes to make a withdrawal that averages 100,000
13gallons per day or more in any 30-day period, but that does not equal at least
141,000,000 gallons per day for any 30 consecutive days, to obtain an individual permit
15under sub. (5) if the withdrawal is located in a groundwater protection area, as
16defined in s. 281.34 (1) (am), or a groundwater management area designated under
17s. 281.34 (9) or 281.341 (2).
SB76-SSA1,25 18Section 25 . 281.346 (4s) (dm) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin
19Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
SB76-SSA1,18,220 281.346 (4s) (dm) Requiring individual permit. The department may require
21a person who is making or proposes to make a withdrawal that averages 100,000
22gallons per day or more in any 30-day period, but that does not equal at least
231,000,000 gallons per day for any 30 consecutive days, to obtain an individual permit
24under sub. (5) if the withdrawal is located in a groundwater protection area, as

1defined in s. 281.34 (1) (am), or a groundwater management area designated under
2s. 281.34 (9) or 281.341 (2).
SB76-SSA1,26 3Section 26 . 281.346 (8) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
SB76-SSA1,18,84 281.346 (8) (cm) Withdrawals in groundwater management areas. 1. The
5department shall include requirements for water conservation in any approval
6under s. 30.18 (2) (a) or 281.41 if the withdrawal is in a groundwater management
7area designated under s. 281.341 (2) for which a groundwater management plan
8under s. 281.341 (3) is in effect.
SB76-SSA1,18,139 2. In any approval under this section or s. 30.18 (2) or 281.41 for a withdrawal
10in a groundwater management area designated under s. 281.341 (2) for which a
11groundwater management plan under s. 281.341 (3) is in effect, the department shall
12ensure that the requirements for water conservation included in the approval are
13consistent with the groundwater management plan.
SB76-SSA1,27 14Section 27 . 281.346 (12) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB76-SSA1,18,2115 281.346 (12) (a) Subject to par. (am), a person who has a water supply system
16with the capacity to make a withdrawal from the waters of the state averaging
17100,000 gallons per day or more in any 30-day period shall pay to the department
18an annual fee of $125 $250, except that the department may promulgate a rule
19specifying a different amount and except that, notwithstanding the department's
20rule-making authority, no person is required to pay more than $1,000 per year under
21this paragraph.
SB76-SSA1,28 22Section 28 . 281.346 (12) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB76-SSA1,19,223 281.346 (12) (b) In addition to the fee under par. (a), a person who withdraws
24from the Great Lakes basin more than 50,000,000 gallons per year from the waters

1of the state
shall pay to the department an annual fee in an amount specified under
2par. (c).
SB76-SSA1,29 3Section 29 . 281.348 (3) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB76-SSA1,19,164 281.348 (3) (cm) For the purposes of plans under par. (a), an areawide water
5quality planning agency designated by the governor under ch. NR 121, Wis. Adm.
6Code, shall delineate the proposed water supply service areas for all of the public
7water supply systems in the planning area for which the agency is designated. An
8areawide water quality planning agency shall delineate proposed water supply
9service areas that are consistent with the approved areawide water quality
10management plan under s. 283.83 for the planning area and that permit the
11development of plans that are approvable under par. (d). An areawide water quality
12planning agency may also provide regional water needs assessments and other
13regional water supply planning information. The process for conducting regional
14activities under this subsection may be the same as the process for regional water
15supply planning for a groundwater management area designated under s. 281.34 (9)
16or 281.341 (2).
SB76-SSA1,30 17Section 30 . 281.348 (3) (cm) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act
18.... (this act), is amended to read:
SB76-SSA1,20,619 281.348 (3) (cm) For the purposes of plans under par. (a), an areawide water
20quality planning agency designated by the governor under ch. NR 121, Wis. Adm.
21Code, shall delineate the proposed water supply service areas for all of the public
22water supply systems in the planning area for which the agency is designated. An
23areawide water quality planning agency shall delineate proposed water supply
24service areas that are consistent with the approved areawide water quality
25management plan under s. 283.83 for the planning area and that permit the

1development of plans that are approvable under par. (d). An areawide water quality
2planning agency may also provide regional water needs assessments and other
3regional water supply planning information. The process for conducting regional
4activities under this subsection may be the same as the process for regional water
5supply planning for a groundwater management area designated under s. 281.34 (9)
6or
281.341 (2).
SB76-SSA1,31 7Section 31. Nonstatutory provisions.
SB76-SSA1,20,158 (1) Report on Internet-based system development. No later than the first day
9of the 13th month beginning after the effective date of this subsection, the
10department of natural resources shall submit to the legislature, in the manner
11provided in section 13.172 (2) of the statutes, a report on the department's efforts to
12develop an Internet-based system that prospective applicants for the approval of a
13high capacity well may use to estimate the likely environmental impact of the
14proposed withdrawal, and a discussion of the department's needs for completing and
15maintaining that system.
SB76-SSA1,32 16Section 32. Effective date. This act takes effect on the day after publication,
17except as follows:
SB76-SSA1,20,2118 (1) The treatment of sections 20.370 (6) (eg), 281.34 (9), 281.344 (4s) (dm) (by
19Section 23), 281.346 (4s) (dm) (by Section 25 ), and 281.384 (3) (cm) (by Section 30 )
20of the statutes takes effect on the first day of the 25th month beginning after
21publication.
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