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Residents call for groundwater ordinance in Door County

Protecting the water you use daily is the hope of a call for a public health and groundwater ordinance to be enacted in Door County. In an email correspondence to the Door County Board, resident Christine Reid called for an ordinance similar to what was passed in Kewaunee County to be approved locally as the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources prepares to rule on the expansion of S&S Jerseyland Dairy in rural Sturgeon Bay. In that ordinance passed by the Kewaunee County Board in September 2014 and approved by 83 percent of voters in April 2015, farmers are not allowed to spread manure on land with less than 20 feet of soil depth from January 1st to April 15th when the ground is likely frozen. Kewaunee County officials have in the past credited the ordinance along with measures like the NR-151 rules and Silurian standards for improving water quality in the area. During Friday's board meeting, resident Steve Eatough appealed to the board, saying more needs to be done to protect the county's residents.

Door County Board members took up the issue during the special reports section of the meeting. County officials expressed concern about designating a specific date range for winter spreading when they had already adopted NR-151 rules in 2018.

County board members asked several questions about the Silurian standards listed with the NR-151 rules and when emergency manure spreading would take place. Since it was just a discussion topic, no action was taken.

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