Wisconsin River
Total Maximum Daily Load
Wisconsin River Basin ~ 20% of the state
Wisconsin State Statutory Language (2009)
281.14 Wisconsin River monitoring and study.
The department shall conduct a program to monitor and
study the introduction of nutrients from point sources and
nonpoint sources into the Wisconsin River …
Great Start, but we need implementation
People Working!
 Efforts
to reduce P ongoing
 Working with partners to hit the landscape
 Information and Education to landowners
 Other groups getting involved
Lake Wisconsin
PACRS
BEPCO
Friends of Mill Creek
Lake Wausau Assoc.
Rib Mountain Business Assoc.
Multi-Agency Q & A
Reduction of P Ongoing
Point Source to the Wisconsin River above the
Petenwell Flowage about half of their pre-1992 levels.
Estimated Annual Phosphorous Point Source Loading
Phosphorus Discharge (lbs)
800,000
700,000
600,000
500,000
400,000
300,000
200,000
100,000
0
1993
or
First
Year
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
Upper WI Basin
2001
2002
2003
2004
Central WI Basin
2005
2006
2007
Wisconsin River Basin - At Castle Rock Dam
*Phos. Estimated Load
(546 MT/yr)
Land Use
3%
3%
1%
29%
37%
Urban
Agriculture
Grass/Pasture
Wetlands
Forest
Open Water
Point Sources
26%
0%
52%
7%
13%
17%
4%
8%
* unadjusted or limited data
People Working for NPS
Don’t reinvent the wheel
 Efforts
to reduce P
 Working with partners to hit the landscape
 Information and Education to landowners
 Other groups getting involved
Lake Wisconsin
DBA
PACRS
LWCD’s
BEPCO
NFO
Friends of Mill Creek
DATCP
Lake Wausau Assoc.
Municipalities
Rib Mountain Business Assoc.
Stay positive; work together and
we’ll get there