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Resolution No. 28 (2023)
RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT TEN (10) WELLS FROM WISCONSIN
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES TO BE USED FOR LONG-
TERM AQUIFER MONITORING
COVER MEMO
TO: County Board of Supervisors
FROM: Ken Witt, County Administrator
Ellen Denzer, Director, Community Development
DATE: August 1, 2023
AGENDA ITEM: Resolution to Accept Ten (10) Wells from Wisconsin Department of
Natural Resources to be Used for Long-Term Aquifer Monitoring
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WI DNR) established monitoring wells in 1984
in response to trichloroethylene (TCE) found in groundwater from multiple sources. WI DNR’s
TCE work for the ten (10) NorLake monitoring wells has been completed. WI DNR’s Remediation
and Redevelopment Division has offered the ten (10) wells to St. Croix County to be used for our
ground water testing program.
County staff contacted the seven (7) landowners where the ten (10) NorLake wells are located to
determine if those landowners wanted to have the wells remain on their property for future
groundwater monitoring or if they wanted the wells removed.
Five (5) landowners agreed to have seven (7) wells on their property remain in place to be used
for testing by County staff in the future. Two (2) landowners did not desire to have the wells
remain on their land; those three (3) wells will be properly closed by WI DNR.
A resolution has been prepared to accept the seven (7) wells on five (5) properties and transfer
paperwork has been drafted by WI DNR for Board approval to proceed with the transfer of the
wells.
Resolution No. 28 (2023)
RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT TEN (10) WELLS FROM WISCONSIN
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES TO BE USED FOR LONG-
TERM AQUIFER MONITORING
1 WHEREAS, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WI DNR) established
2 groundwater monitoring wells on private land in 1984 in the Town of Hudson to monitor
3 trichloroethylene (TCE) that was detected in groundwater; and
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5 WHEREAS, WI DNR’s groundwater TCE monitoring work has been completed in
6 several areas of the Town of Hudson, and ten (10) wells are no longer needed by the WI DNR;
7 and
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9 WHEREAS, WI DNR’s Remediation and Redevelopment Division has offered ten (10)
10 groundwater monitoring wells in the Town of Hudson to St. Croix County to be used in County
11 groundwater work as detailed in the supporting information; and
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13 WHEREAS, seven (7) landowners having WI DNR TCE monitoring wells were
14 contacted by St Croix County Community Development staff to determine landowner interest in
15 continued well work monitoring on their properties; and
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17 WHEREAS, five (5) landowners on parcels #020-1026-80-001, #020-1127-10-000,
18 #020-1359-18-000, #020-1359-14-000, and #020-1029-70-000 fully supported continued
19 monitoring of the seven (7) WI DNR wells on their land which will be conducted by St. Croix
20 County staff as time and funding allow; and
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22 WHEREAS, two (2) landowners on parcels #020-1032-70-000 and #020-1308-60-000
23 did not desire to have continued testing and monitoring wells on their properties, those wells will
24 be properly abandoned by WI DNR; and
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26 WHEREAS, the five (5) landowners supporting continued monitoring have been notified
27 in writing that County acceptance of the WI DNR monitoring wells depends on a positive
28 recommendation by the Community Development Committee and approval by the St. Croix
29 County Board of Supervisors; and
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31 WHEREAS, the Community Development Committee has reviewed the supporting
32 materials related to the proposed acceptance of the seven (7) WI DNR monitoring wells and
33 recommends approval.
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35 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the St. Croix County Board of
36 Supervisors that the WI DNR monitoring wells offered to St. Croix County for well testing and
37 monitoring use as described in the attached chart, Description of WDNR Wells Accepted, are
38 accepted by St. Croix County.
Legal – Fiscal – Administrative Approvals:
Legal Note:
Fiscal Impact: Annual well testing~$700
07/17/23 Community Development Committee RECOMMENDED
RESULT: RECOMMENDED \[UNANIMOUS\]
MOVER: Scott Counter, Vice Chair
SECONDER: Jerry VanSomeren, Supervisor
AYES: Anderson, Counter, Hansen, Sherley, VanSomeren
EXCUSED: Dick Hesselink
Vote Confirmation.
St. Croix County Board of Supervisors Action:
Roll Call - Vote Requirement – Majority of Supervisors Present
RESULT: ADOPTED \[UNANIMOUS\]
MOVER: Daniel Hansen, Supervisor
SECONDER: Scott Counter, Supervisor
AYES: Lind, Anderson, Long, Leaf, Adams, Berning, Ottino, Feidler, Ostness, Counter,
Hansen, Sherley, Tellijohn, Carlson, Barcalow, Swanepoel, VanSomeren, Ramberg
EXCUSED: Carah Koch
This Resolution was Adopted by the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors on August 1, 2023
Christine Hines, County Clerk