Wisconsin's Wellhead Protection Program
An ounce of prevention...

Clear, clean drinking water. It's what we expect when we turn on the tap. The groundwater that supplies your community's wells comes from rain and snow that generally falls within a short distance of the wells. This water seeps into the ground and moves toward your community's wells. Sometimes, pollutants can also seep into the ground and threaten your community's wells.

Wellhead protection is a preventive program designed to protect public water supply wells. The goal of wellhead protection is to prevent contaminants from entering public water supply wells by managing the land that contributes water to the wells [PDF 30KB].

Wellhead protection planning is one way to ensure your community has a long-term source of clean water.

• How to develop a Wellhead Protection Program for your Community

Contact Information

Jeff Helmuth
101 S Webster St
P.O. Box 7921
Madison WI 53707

Phone (608)266-5234
Fax (608) 267-7650