Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session
Relating to: requiring the appointment of a senate committee on water issues affecting Wisconsin.
Legislature — Committees Legislature — Employment relations, joint committee on Sanitation and sewerage management Water — Pollution Water supply Waterworks Weather Wells
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Adopted, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
The resolution requires the Committee on Senate Organization to create a
special committee to 1) study the costs of water and sewer utility privatization across
the United States; 2) examine the current quantity and quality of groundwater in
Wisconsin with respect to contaminated wells, clean drinking water, and access to
water; 3) examine the current quality and contaminants in municipal water systems
with respect to lead, arsenic, and other contaminants regulated by the federal Safe
Drinking Water Act; and 4) gather and assess information from experts in the policy
areas the committee will study, including staff from the Department of Natural
Resources and the Public Service Commission. The committee must consist of three
members each of the majority and minority parties. The committee must submit a
report of its findings and recommendations to the senate before December 31, 2016.