MADISON, WI (WSAU) Wisconsin will receive $143-million in federal clean-water funding.
Governor Tony Evers announced Wednesday that the money will be used to improve drinking water and sewage infrastructure around Wisconsin.
The money will go into a revolving loan fund administered by the Department of Natural Resources.
“Our top priorities include increasing our investment in disadvantaged communities, accelerating progress on lead service line replacements, addressing PFAS, and supporting infrastructure improvements for our communities to plan for climate resiliency,” DNR Secretary Cold Preston said.
The DNR will begin taking applications from municipalities for the funding immediately.
Preston says the loan fund is intended for projects like forever chemicals, or PFAS, remediation and to remove lead service leads from municipal water systems.
Evers says the funds come from the federal infrastructure law signed by President Joe Biden last fall.
