vers
ds
y
s to
ent
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h
nd
ens
nd
s
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th
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ars
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m
k.
s
Wisconsin Water Timeline
1800s
Number of sawmills peaked at 1,100 and
declined to 113 by 1930
1848
First paper mill (Milwaukee)
1860
First commercial cranberry production
1880s
Waukesha and Racine establish municipal
water supply
1882
First hydroelectric dam (Appleton)
1887
First fish hatchery (Madison)
1898
First lake association (Lake Geneva)
1914
Diana Shooting Club v. Husting expands
scope of Public Trust Doctrine to include
protection of scenic beauty, water quality
and wetlands
1919
First wastewater treatment facility
(Milwaukee)
1945
Post-war shoreline development increases
with highway improvements, automobile
ownership and leisure time
1950-1969
Over 2 million pounds of sodium arsenite,
a cancer-causing agent, are applied to 167
Wisconsin lakes to control aquatic plants
1959
Creation of Wis. Federation of Lakes
1965
Wis. Water Resources Act provides
authority for shoreland and floodplain
zoning
1968
19
968
6
Wiss. Shoreland
Wis.
Sh
hor
orrela
eland
eland
d Management
Manage
Man
ag men
age
mentt Program
Prog
r gram
ram
provides
provid
pro
vid
dess minimum
minimu
min
imu
mu
um shoreland
sh
sh
hor
orela
eland
el
n zoning
nd
zon
oning
ing
ng
ng
standards
standa
sta
nda
d rds
r for
f r counties
fo
coun
coun
ou
ounti
untitie
i s (fi
ie
(fir
first
rst
st in nat
nation
nation)
tion
n)
1972
19
72
Federal
Fed
F
edera
dera
erall Clean
Clea
Clea
le
ean
n Water
Wate
Wate
er Act
Actt supported
suppor
sup
ported
por
ted
ed by the
the
Clean
Cle
an Water
Watter Act
W
Act off Wi
Wis.
s.
Just
Marinette
upholds
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ust vv.. M
ari
a
rinet
nette
te Co.
Co up
ph
hol
olds
d counties’
ccou
counti
ounties’
o
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es
prohibit
rrights
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oh
hibit
b wetland
we
wetla
etla
tltland
n fifil
nd
fillllll through
thr
hro
r ugh
ug
gh
ordinance
ord
dina
nance
nance
ce
1983
1
19
8
83
Wis.
W
Wi
Wis
i .G
Groundwater
roundwate
rou
ndw
wate
terr Protection
Protec
rot
otect
ection
ion
on Act
Act
establishes
es
est
stabl
ab
abl
b ish
s es groundwater
ground
gro
undwat
und
dwa
waterr quality
qualit
qua
lity
lit
ity standards
standar
stan
d ds
dar
1985
19
85
5
Great
Gre
at Lak
Lakes
akes
es Cha
Charte
Ch
Charter
harte
rterr e
establishes
sta
stabli
ablishe
blishes
bli
she
h sp
he
principles
prin
rincip
rin
incip
ciples
i lle
less
for
orr ma
manag
management
nageme
nag
ement
eme
ntt off Great
G at
Gr
Gre
a Lakes
Lakkes water
water
resources
res
re
esour
esour
es
ources
ou
ce
ces
e
1990
19
90
Federa
Federal
F
Fed
Fe
ed
dera
erall Stormwater
Sto
Stor
ormwa
mwater
mwa
te Rules
ter
Ruless limit
Ru
liimit industrial
indus
in
dusstri
t ial
trial
discharge
d
discha
ischa
ch rge in
i medium
mediu
me
dium
diu
m and
and
d large
lar
arge
e cities
c ies
cit
ess
1991
19
9
91
State
Sta
St
te
e ena
e
enacts
cts
s wa
w
water
ter quality
quali
qu
alility
ty
y standards
s nda
sta
ndards
d rds for
for
wetlands
w
wet
lan
nds (fi
(first
rs in na
rst
nation)
atio
on)
1994
1
19
94
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F
Fir
stt ind
indoor
oor
o water
w ter
wa
er park
pa
p
ark
ark in nation
na
nat
ation
on
n
(Wisconsin
(W
(Wi
Wisco
sconsi
sco
nsin
nsi
sin Dells)
D
Dell
ells)
el
ell
s)
1999
19
99
9
Phase
Pha
se
e II
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ate
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expa
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pande
ed
to inc
includ
include
lude
lud
e small
small
mal
mal
a l communities
comm
comm
ommuni
om
uni
u
nitie
es and
and
d
cconstruction
con
o strruct
onstr
uction
o sites
siites
e
2001
20
0
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te ena
e
en
enacts
ccts
t pr
ts
prote
protections
otecti
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otecti
c ons for
for isolated
isol
isol
solate
a d
ate
wetlands
wet
etlan
et
lan
a ds (fi
an
( rst
s in
in na
nation)
atio
tii n)
2003
2
20
0
03
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ded
e to
o include
i lud
in
inc
ude
ud
de groundwater
grou
undw
d ate
dw
aterr quality
qual
a ityy
al
2008
20
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8
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G
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a Lak
at
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La
Lakes
akes Compact
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p t bans
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banss diversion
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wat
err from
from G
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a s
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20
2
010
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Sta
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tate Wat
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See references for photo credits.
Taken from Wisconsin Land Use Megatrends, Summer 2014
WATER
http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr-ap/clue/Documents/3
megatrends/WaterMegatrendsFINAL.pdf