The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will host the final online webinar session of a series focused on nitrate in Wisconsin on September 16. The online presentation will include a discussion about preliminary assessment of economic impacts on Wisconsin farms of reducing nitrogen losses. The series touched on the science and economics around a number of workable approaches for farmers shown to minimize nitrogen losses to groundwater.
Presented by the Wisconsin DNR, University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension and College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the final 60-minute webinar will take place over the lunch hour with time provided for a Q&A session.
Groundwater pollution from human activities and natural sources occur across Wisconsin, which is particularly concerning for the 70 percent of Wisconsin residents who get their drinking water from groundwater. It's also Wisconsin's most widespread groundwater contaminant, according to Wisconsin's Groundwater Coordinating Council.
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