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Water Conservation Initiative

Protecting Wisconsin’s precious water resources begins with you!

Wisconsin is generally blessed with abundant rainfall, plentiful surface waters, and vast groundwater resources. But, water is not always available in the quantity or quality that is needed for human uses. Water shortages can be caused by drought, excessive groundwater pumping, or inadequate water quality. Many Wisconsin communities are already facing serious water supply challenges caused by increasing customer demand, declining groundwater supplies, and aging utility infrastructure. The number of communities facing water challenges is expected to grow in the coming years.

Wisconsin water utilities are responsible for providing safe, clean water to consumers at reasonable rates.  Water conservation is one important way for utilities to protect Wisconsin’s drinking water supply, control water rates and costs, and ensure that water resources are used sustainably.  Water conservation can be defined as any beneficial reduction in water use.  The term generally includes efforts to reduce wasteful water use practices and to improve water use efficiency.

The Public Service Commission (PSC) works with Wisconsin water utilities to incorporate water conservation into water supply planning and to promote the efficient and sustainable use of water.  Water conservation measures can reduce wasteful consumption, avoid the need to invest in expensive drinking water and wastewater capacity, and save energy used in pumping and treating water.  In the long term, these measures save both the utility and the ratepayers money, and provide other economic and environmental benefits to Wisconsin.

More information about the PSC’s water conservation efforts:

For more information about the PSC’s water conservation efforts e-mail Jeff Ripp, PSC Water Conservation Coordinator, at Jeffrey.Ripp@Wisconsin.Gov.
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