Wisconsin's Water Quality Assessment Report to Congress

Current Report

Executive Summary (13KB pdf)

Past 305b Reports

Year 2000 Water Quality Report to Congress (2.7MB pdf)

Executive Summary (58KB pdf)

Wisconsin Assessment Data

Wisconsin Quality Assessment Program

Wisconsin Waterbody Assessment Database

Wisconsin's Source Water Assessment Program

Federal Guidance

USEPA Consolidated Assessment and Listing Methodology (CALM)

Federal Database Efforts

Watershed Assessment Tracking and Environmental Results (WATERS)

Federal Assessment Database

Water Quality Standards Database

Year 2002 Water Quality Assessment Report to Congress

The report links below (in pdf format) are the final published 2002 Water Quality Report to Congress. This document is available in hard copy at public libraries and at DNR offices. You may receive a copy of the report through contacting Lisa Helmuth at 608-266-7768. Please provide your name, organization, mailing address and phone number. Thank you!

Wisconsin is a state rich with resources – terrestrial, aquatic, cultural, intellectual, economic and human. It is the mix of how these resources are applied on the landscape that affects and is affected by the quality of our water. This report describes one aspect of this complex web of interaction – the known quality of our surface water and groundwater. While fundamental to the health of our state, this information provides only a narrow view into the type and level of function of our ecosystems. For a complete picture, this information must be interpreted in the context of other pertinent aspects of ecosystem health, such as the type and quality of our fisheries; the presence and quality of various ecological systems; and the type, quantity and location of human land uses, for example. Further, the information in this report is gathered, interpreted and understood through the prism of existing social, economic and political conditions. Nonetheless, this summary of water quality in our state provides the most comprehensive view of the existing condition of water quality in the state. As WDNR moves forward to develop and implement tools to enhance the ease and accuracy of assessing waters, we anticipate being able to report a more accurate and more complete picture of water resource condition.

2002 Water Quality Assessment Report (PDF Files)