280.25 280.25 Report on aquifer recovery system.
280.25(1) (1) In this section:
280.25(1)(a) (a) "Aquifer storage and recovery system" has the meaning given in s. 160.257 (1).
280.25(1)(b) (b) "Municipal water system" has the meaning given in s. 160.257 (1) (c).
280.25(2) (2) The operator of a municipal water system that uses an aquifer storage and recovery system shall submit a report to the department, no later than the first day of the 60th month after beginning to operate the aquifer storage and recovery system, describing the experience that the operator has had with using the aquifer storage and recovery system.
280.25 History History: 2001 a. 109.
280.30 280.30 Well abandonment and property transfer inspections.
280.30(1)(1) Definition. Notwithstanding s. 280.01 (6), in this section, "water supply well" means an excavation or opening into the ground made by digging, boring, drilling, or other method that supplies water for any purpose.
Effective date note NOTE: Section 280.30 (title) is amended eff. 4-1-15 by 2011 Wis. Act 150 to read:
Effective date text 280.30 Well and heat exchange drillhole abandonment; property transfer inspections.
280.30(2) (2)Abandonment. An individual may not fill or seal a water supply well unless one of the following applies:
Effective date note NOTE: Sub. (2) (title) is repealed and recreated eff. 4-1-15 by 2011 Wis. Act 150 to read:
Effective date text (2) Well abandonment.
280.30(2)(a) (a) The individual is a licensed well driller or licensed pump installer.
Effective date note NOTE: Par. (a) is amended eff. 4-1-15 by 2011 Wis. Act 150 to read:
Effective date text (a) The individual is a licensed driller who is authorized by the department to engage in well drilling or licensed pump installer.
280.30(2)(b) (b) The individual is under the supervision of a licensed well driller or licensed pump installer or the individual is under the supervision of a water system operator certified under s. 281.17 (3) and the well is within the service area of the local governmental water system for which the certified operator works. The licensed or certified individual is not required to be present during the filling or sealing.
Effective date note NOTE: Par. (b) is amended eff. 4-1-15 by 2011 Wis. Act 150 to read:
Effective date text (b) The individual is under the supervision of a licensed driller who is authorized by the department to engage in well drilling or licensed pump installer or the individual is under the supervision of a water system operator certified under s. 281.17 (3) and the well is within the service area of the local governmental water system for which the certified operator works. The licensed or certified individual is not required to be present during the filling or sealing.
280.30(2)(c) (c) The individual is a water system operator certified under s. 281.17 (3) and the well is within the service area of the local governmental water system for which the individual works.
280.30(2m) (2m)Heat exchange drillhole abandonment. An individual may not fill or seal a heat exchange drillhole unless the individual is a licensed driller who is authorized by the department to engage in heat exchange drilling.
Effective date note NOTE: Sub. (2m) is created eff. 4-1-15 by 2011 Wis. Act 150.
280.30(3) (3)Property transfer well inspections.
280.30(3)(a)(a) An individual may not for compensation, in contemplation of a transfer of real property, conduct an inspection of the real property for the purpose of locating or evaluating water supply wells or pressure systems on the real property unless the individual is a licensed well driller or a licensed pump installer.
Effective date note NOTE: Par. (a) is amended eff. 4-1-15 by 2011 Wis. Act 150 to read:
Effective date text (a) An individual may not for compensation, in contemplation of a transfer of real property, conduct an inspection of the real property for the purpose of locating or evaluating water supply wells or pressure systems on the real property unless the individual is a licensed driller who is authorized by the department to engage in well drilling or a licensed pump installer.
280.30(3)(b) (b) The department shall promulgate rules for inspections and evaluations described in par. (a).
280.30 History History: 2005 a. 360; 2011 a. 150.
280.30 Cross-reference Cross-reference: See s. NR 812.26, Wis. adm. code.
280.97 280.97 Penalties. Except as provided in s. 280.98 (3), any person who violates any provision of this chapter, shall be fined not less than $10 or more than $100 or imprisoned not more than 30 days, or both. Each day during which a violation continues constitutes a separate offense that may be punished separately.
280.97 History History: 1993 a. 482; 1995 a. 227 s. 943; Stats. 1995 s. 280.97; 1997 a. 27; 2005 a. 360.
280.98 280.98 Citations.
280.98(1)(1) Except as provided in sub. (5), the department may follow the procedures for the issuance of a citation under ss. 23.50 to 23.99 to collect a forfeiture as specified in sub. (3) from a person who commits a violation specified under sub. (2).
280.98(2) (2) The department shall promulgate rules that specify violations of rules under this chapter relating to licensing; registration; disinfection, sampling, and reporting requirements; water systems that were installed before February 1, 1991; and well or drill hole abandonment to which sub. (1) applies.
Effective date note NOTE: Sub. (2) is amended eff. 4-1-15 by 2011 Wis. Act 150 to read:
Effective date text (2) The department shall promulgate rules that specify violations of rules under this chapter relating to licensing; registration; disinfection, sampling, and reporting requirements; water systems that were installed before February 1, 1991; and well or drillhole abandonment to which sub. (1) applies.
280.98(3) (3) A person who commits a violation specified under sub. (2) shall, if the department issues a citation under sub. (1), be required to forfeit $500 for a first violation and $1,000 for a 2nd or subsequent violation of the same provision.
280.98(4) (4) The department shall promulgate rules that specify an enforcement process that the department must follow before issuing a citation under sub. (1). The department shall include in the enforcement process under this subsection an enforcement conference with the person against whom enforcement is contemplated.
280.98(5) (5)Subsection (1) does not apply to a community water system, as defined in s. 281.62 (1) (a), that is owned by a city, village, town, county, town sanitary district, utility district, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, or municipal water district, or by a privately owned water utility serving any of the foregoing.
280.98 History History: 2005 a. 360; 2011 a. 150.
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